Webster Groves

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Webster Groves
Webster Groves City Hall
Webster Groves City Hall
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Basic data
State : United States
State : Missouri
County : St. Louis County
Coordinates : 38 ° 36 ′  N , 90 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 36 ′  N , 90 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 22,995 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,502.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 15.3 km 2  (about 6 mi 2 )
Height : 170 m
Postal code : 63119
Area code : +1 314
FIPS : 29-78154
GNIS ID : 756880
Website : www.webstergroves.org
Mayor : Gerry Welch

Webster Groves is a town (with the status " City ") in St. Louis County in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri and part of the metropolitan region of Greater St. Louis . In 2010 , Webster Groves had 22,995 residents.

geography

Webster Groves is located in the western suburbs of St. Louis . The Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois , is about 12 km to the east. Webster Groves is 38 ° 35'33 "north latitude and 90 ° 21'26" west longitude. The city extends over 15.3 km².

Most of the city is in Jefferson Township , but a smaller part also extends into Clayton Township .

Places adjacent to Webster Groves are Brentwood and Maplewood , Shrewsbury in the east, Marlborough in the southeast, Grantwood Village in the south, Crestwood in the southwest, Oakland and Glendale in the west, and Rock Hill in the northwest. The center of the city of St. Louis is 19.2 km east-northeast.

traffic

Interstate 44 runs through the center of Webster Groves and runs southwest from St. Louis. Along the southern city limits, the old Route 66 shares a route with Missouri State Route 366 . All other roads are county roads or subordinate inner-city connecting roads.

The Webster Groves metropolitan area has several railroad lines running west and south from St. Louis. These are operated by the Union Pacific Railroad and the BNSF Railway , which also provide routes for Amtrak trains. Due to its location on the Union-Pacific route, Webster Groves was able to expand as a suburb of St. Louis, which was overpopulated in the 19th century.

The Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is located 20.7 km north of Webster Groves.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Webster Groves had 22,995 people in 9156 households. The population density was 1502.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.43 people each in the 9156 households.

The racial the population was composed of 89.9 percent white, 6.6 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.5 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 73,683  USD . The per capita income was $ 39,305. 9.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Webster Groves, Missouri  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 27, 2012
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 27, 2012