Webster Groves, Missouri

St. Louis County

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Webster Groves is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in St. Louis County in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Greater St. Louis. In 2010, Webster Groves had 22,995 inhabitants.

Geography

Webster Groves is located in the western suburbs of St. Louis. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois, located about 12 km to the east. Webster Groves is located at 38 ° 35'33 " north latitude and 90 ° 21'26 " west longitude. The city covers 15.3 km ².

The city is located mostly in Jefferson Township, but extends to a lesser extent, in the Clayton Township.

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

Traffic

Through the center of Webster Groves Interstate 44, which runs from St. Louis in southwestern direction runs. Along the southern border is the old Route 66 on a common path with the Missouri State Route 366 All other roads are County Roads or more minor urban roads.

Through the city of Webster Groves run several railway lines leading from St. Louis to the west and south. Companies are those that provide by the Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway, also for Amtrak routes. Its location on the Union Pacific route Webster Groves was able to expand as a suburb of the over-populated in the 19th century St. Louis.

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

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Webster Groves 22,995 people in 9156 households. The population density was 1502.9 people per square kilometer. In the 9156 households lived statistically 2.43 per person.

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. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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

Personalities

• Edward T. Hall, an anthropologist and cultural theorist, was born in Webster Grove.
• Jonathan Franzen, author, grew up here.