First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 1708 Washington Avenue in Cairo, IL 62914. It is one of 37 churches in Cairo.
1708 Washington Avenue, Cairo, IL, 62914First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 455 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Illinois — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around First Presbyterian Church
It takes 4.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Obesity: 48.1%
- Food Insecurity: 32.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
- Diabetes: 20.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.0%
- Unemployment: 12.6% (4.3–21.0%)
- Social Isolation: 36.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.0%
- Child Poverty: 22.4% (9.1–43.4%)
- Poverty Rate: 19.2% (9.2–29.2%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Cairo city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 20 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Christ Temple Church of God In Christ — 0 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Ward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Holy City Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Klondike Holy Trinity Church of Deliverance — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Michaels Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Hope Freewill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Everdale Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Jesus Is Lord Free Will Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 24 mi away in Metropolis, IL