Joplin (Missouri)

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Joplin
The Schifferdecker Home, which is listed as historically in the NRHP
The Schifferdecker Home, which is historically listed in the NRHP
Location in Missouri
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Basic data
Foundation : 1873
State : United States
State : Missouri
Counties : Jasper County
Newton County
Coordinates : 37 ° 5 ′  N , 94 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 5 ′  N , 94 ° 31 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 52,195 (as of 2016)
177,805 (as of 2016)
Population density : 641.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 81.6 km 2  (approx. 32 mi 2 ) of
which 81.4 km 2  (approx. 31 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 306 m
Postcodes : 64801-64804
Area code : +1 417
FIPS : 29-37592
GNIS ID : 0729911
Website : www.joplinmo.org
Mayor : Mike Woolston

Joplin is a city with 52,195 inhabitants (2016) in the US state Missouri . It is located 109 km west of Springfield , 168 km northeast of Tulsa , 91 km north of Rogers , 417 km southwest of St. Louis and 224 km south of Kansas City in the metropolitan area and belongs to Jasper County and Newton Counties .

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , Joplin has an area of ​​81.6 km², of which 81.4 km² is land and 0.2 km² (= 0.25%) is water. The urban area is drained by Joplin Creek, Turkey Creek, Silver Creek and Shoal Creek. Joplin is considered the center of the area known locally as the Four State Area , the border region between Oklahoma , Arkansas , Missouri and Kansas .

Joplin is just north of Interstate 44 . In the last few years the new development areas have developed mainly towards the north towards Webb City . The former US Route 66 runs through Joplin. The name of the city of Joplin is also mentioned in the song Route 66 named after the street . In a north-south direction, the city traverses US Highway 71 and, further west of it, Missouri Route 43 .

Tornado on May 22, 2011

On late Sunday afternoon on May 22, 2011, a devastating tornado of level 5 on the Fujita scale struck the town of 50,000 people in the American Midwest. The tornado quickly grew to a width of around 1.6 km and devastated around 25% of all buildings on its path through the south of the city.

Destroyed residential area in Joplin after the tornado

The tornado made contact with the ground for the first time at around 3:34 p.m. local time, before dissipating again at 6:12 p.m. In total, the tornado claimed 162 lives. The Joplin tornado is the seventh deadliest of all tornadoes ever recorded in the USA and also one of the most expensive to have ever raged.

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places has the following properties and historic districts:

Ref. No. Surname address MPS date
85001188 Elks Club Lodge No. 501 318-320 W. 4th St. 03rd June 1985
06000541 Fifth and Main Historic District 501-513 S. Main St., 502-508 Virginia St. 0July 5, 2006
90001100 Fox theater 415 S. Main St. July 30, 1990
06000683 Gentry Apartments 318 S. Wall St. 0August 8, 2006
08001024 Inter-State Grocer Company Building 1027-1035 S. Main St. Historic Resources of Joplin, Missouri October 24, 2008
79001377 Joplin Carnegie Library 9th and Wall Sts. July 10, 1979
73001042 Joplin Connor Hotel 324 Main St. February 28, 1973
08000661 Joplin Downtown Historic District S. Main St., roughly between E. 4th and E. 6th St. Historic Resources of Joplin, Missouri July 16, 2008
07000652 Joplin Supply Company 228 S. Joplin Ave. 0July 3, 2007
73001043 Joplin Union Depot Broadway and Main St. March 14, 1973
90001101 Newman Brothers Building 602–608 S. Main St. July 23, 1990
08000536 Olivia Apartments 320 Moffet June 20, 2008
90001102 Rains Brothers Building 906–908 S. Main St. July 19, 1990
06000682 Ridgway Apartments 402 S. Byers Ave. and 404 S. Byers Ave. 0August 8, 2006
90000989 Scottish Rite Cathedral 505 Byers Ave. June 21, 1990
02001193 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building 605 Main St. October 22, 2002
91000851 St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church and Rectory 812 Pearl St. June 28, 1991

Personalities

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Joplin, Missouri  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
 Wikinews: Category: Joplin, Missouri  - in the news

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b CRG.noaa.gov . Crh.noaa.gov. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ Tornado destroyed small US town: Joplin - like the end of the world . In: The star . ( online ).
  3. ^ National Weather Service, Springfield MO: Public Information Statement . NOAA. May 23, 2011. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved on May 23, 2011.
  4. ^ Greg McCune: Joplin tornado death toll revised down to 161 . Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ Kevin Murphy: Joplin tornado death toll rises to 162 . Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  6. ^ NCDC Event Record . In: NCDC Storm Events Database . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Climatic Data Center. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  7. ↑ The Joplin Tornado, One Year Later: Where Does it Rank? In: climatecentral.org. Retrieved July 27, 2015 .