Sullivan (Missouri)
Crawford County Franklin County
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Sullivan is a city that is a part of Crawford County and the other in Franklin County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2000, Sullivan had 6,351 inhabitants; 2009 6.763 inhabitants were determined at the official estimate.
Geography
Sullivan is located at 38 ° 12'34 " north latitude and 91 ° 09'53 " west longitude and extending over 19.94 km ², which consist exclusively of land area. Sullivan is on the western edge of the Meramec State Park, one through which the Meramec River State Park.
By Sullivan runs in south- easterly direction to Interstate 44, which is the shortest route from St. Louis to Oklahoma City. Through the center of Sullivan runs the Missouri State Route 185, hit the city in the area several secondary roads.
Through the city runs a leading St. Louis to the south-west railway line of the BNSF Railway.
The nearest large towns are St. Louis (107 km northeast), Missouri's capital Jefferson City (129 km north-west ), Springfield (241 km southwest) and Cape Girardeau (214 km southeast).
History
The first white settlers arrived in the early 19th century in the area around the present town of Sullivan. Stephen Sullivan arrived with his wife in the company of Daniel Boone in the country on the Meramec River.
In 1858 the railway arrived in the region and the settlement grew by remarkable. The Eisenbanhngesellschaft called their station after the early settlers " Sullivan ".
In Sullivan now also developed other economic sectors. The International Shoe Company, which is now known as Meramec Industries, the first national company of the city was. Other industrial and commercial companies followed. From 1920 to 1960, the population grew from 900 to over 4000, which meant the second fastest growth within the State of Missouri.
The establishment of the Pea Ridge Iron Company in the 1950s allowed the population to increase to about 6000 and become a center of the region.
Demographic data
In the official census in 2000 a population of 6,351 was determined. These distributed to 2,585 households in 1,682 families. The population density was 318.46 inhabitants per square kilometer. There were 3,916 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 138,24 buildings per square kilometer.
The population was in 2000 from 98.4 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native Americans, Asians 0.6 percent and 0.2 percent other. 0.4 percent said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 1.2 percent of the population consisted of Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
25.9 percent were under 18 years, 9.3 percent between 18 to 24, 27.5 percent of 25-44, 19.5 percent from 45 to 64 and 17.9 percent 65 and older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females were statistically 89.7 men in the over 18 -year-olds 82.3.
The median income per household was 30 046 U.S. dollars ( USD), the median family income $ 36,260. The median income for men was $ 29,817, and for women about $ 20,385. The per capita income amounted to $ 17,518. Around 6.9 percent of families and 11.0 percent of the total population were below the poverty line income.
Memorable people
- George Hearst (1820-1891) - mining entrepreneur and politician - was born in Sullivan