White City is a small village in Mt. Olive Township, with an area of 1.21 square miles, developed due to the opening in 1905 of Coal Mine No. 15 by the Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis. At its peak, it employed about 360 men, mostly from Mt. Olive, White City, and Staunton and provided free electricity to White City’s residents. . . .Read more in MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS HISTORY & FAMILIES available in our genealogy library or through this website.