Saint Joseph, Missouri
| Saint Joseph | |
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| Nickname : St. Joe | |
 Downtown St. Joseph |
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| Saint Joseph in Buchanan County | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1843 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Missouri |
| County : | Buchanan County |
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 45 ′ N , 94 ° 50 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
76,780 (as of 2010) 126,565 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 676.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 115.3 km 2 (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 113.5 km 2 (approx. 44 mi 2 ) is land |
| Postcodes : | 64501-64508 |
| FIPS : | 29-64550 |
| GNIS ID : | 730205 |
| Website : | www.stjoemo.info |
| Mayor : | Bill Falkner |
 Buchanan County Courthouse |
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Saint Joseph is the county seat and the largest city in Buchanan County . In the US state of Missouri , the city ranks eighth. The city on the Missouri River had 76,780 inhabitants in the 2010 United States Census .
The city is the seat of Missouri Western State University .
geography
St. Joseph is located in the northwest of the state directly on the border with the US state Kansas , not far from the border with the state of Nebraska . Kansas City is 70 kilometers south and Omaha is 190 kilometers northwest .
history
On behalf of the American Fur Company, the fur trader Joseph Robidoux set up a trading post in 1826 near the current location of St. Joseph. In 1843 Robidoux, who had become independent from the company, commissioned Frederick W. Smith and Simeon Kemper to design a city for him. After completing the planning, Robidoux began selling the lots for $ 100 to $ 150. As a result, the city quickly grew to 800 inhabitants in 1846 and reached a population of 8932 in 1860.
In addition, the village quickly developed into an important traffic junction. Until the Civil War , it was the westernmost point in the United States that could be reached by rail , making it the last supply point before the Wild West , which stretched across the Missouri. This is also the reason why the eastern end point of the Pony Express was in Saint Joseph , which was the fastest postal connection in North America between April 3, 1860 and the end of October 1861.
On April 4, 1882, Jesse James , who had settled here under the name "Thomas Howard", was shot from behind here. The perpetrator who tried to collect the bounty was Robert Ford and a member of Jesse James' gang. In the Kearney cemetery, on the family property, Jesse James' headstone reads, "Murdered by a traitor and coward whose name is not worth appearing here."
Saint Joseph owes the slogan "Where the Pony Express started and Jesse James ended." To the Pony Express and Jesse James. (in German: "Where the Pony Express began and Jesse James ended." )
Demographics
The 2000 census counted 73,990 residents in 29,026 households and 18,460 families in St. Joseph. The population density was 651.6 inhabitants / km². The number of residential units was 31,752, which corresponds to a density of 279.6 apartments / km².
The inhabitants passed in 2000 to 91.88% of White , 5.03% African American , 0.46% Native American , 0.47% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islanders , 0.69% from other races , and 1.44% from two or more races. 2.61% of the population said they were Hispanic or Latinos in the census .
Children under the age of 18 lived in 30.1% of households and married couples lived together in 46.7% of households, 12.8% of households had a female head without a husband present, and 36.4% of households were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 people and the average family consisted of 2.98 people.
Of the population, 24.1% were less than 18 years old, 11.6% were in the 18 to 24 age group, 28.6% were between 25 and 44 years old and 20.3% were between 45 and 64 years old. 15.4% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 women there were 95.6 men; For every 100 women over 18, there were 92.7 men.
The average income per household was 32,663 US $ and the median family income was 40,995 US $. The men had an average income of $ 31,300, compared with $ 21,592 for women. The per capita income was US $ 17,445. About 9.1% of families and 13.0% of the population are below the poverty line ; this affected 15.5% of those under 18 years of age and 9.8% of those aged 65 or older.
traffic
St. Joseph is directly west of Interstate 29 , which runs from Kansas City in a northbound direction for 1212 kilometers via Omaha to Winnipeg in Canada . South of the city, the 22-kilometer-long Interstate 229 branches off to the west in order to rejoin I-29 along the Missouri and directly past the city center north of St. Joseph. In addition, the city is crossed by US Highway 36 , which runs over 2276 kilometers from Ohio to Colorado .
On the other bank of the Missouri is the small town owned public and military Rosecrans Memorial Airport. The nearest international airport is Kansas City International Airport, 50 kilometers south .
sons and daughters of the town
- Levi Ankeny (1844–1921), politician, former senator from Washington
- Tom Pendergast (1873–1945), policy maker in Kansas City, Missouri, 1900-1938
- Malin Craig (1875–1945), four-star general, chief of staff in the US Army
- Rice W. Means (1877-1949), US Senator
- Julius Gold (1884–1969), violinist, musicologist and music teacher
- Irving Bacon (1893-1965), actor
- Norman L. Knight (1895-1972), science fiction writer
- LeRoy Prinz (1895–1983), choreographer, dancer and filmmaker
- Coleman Hawkins (1904–1969), is known as the father of the tenor saxophone
- Georgia Hale (1905–1985), actress
- Don Alt (1916–1988), politician, former Iowa House of Representatives
- Walter Cronkite (1916–2009), television journalist, news anchor
- Ruth Warrick (1916-2005), actress
- Jane Wyman (1917-2007), actress
- George H. Vineyard (1920–1987), theoretical solid-state physicist
- Teresa Bloomingdale (1930-2000), writer
- Jay Lorsch (* 1932), economist
- Shere Hite (* 1942), German-American sex researcher and feminist
- Jim Webb (born 1946), politician and senator
- Timothy Omundson (born 1969), actor
- Eminem (born 1972), rap musician
- Ryan Bradley (born 1983), figure skater
