Wentzville, Missouri
St. Charles County
29-78442
Wentzville is a small town in the west of St. Charles County in the U.S. state of Missouri (estimated 2009) with 28,768 residents. Wentzville is currently the fastest growing city in Missouri. General Motors is the largest employer in the town, which has built a new assembly plant.
Due to its location at the crossroads of two major highways Wentzville is also called Crossroads of the Nation.
History
Wentzville was founded in 1855 as a depot on the Northern Missouri Railroad. The place was named after Erasmus Livingston Wentz railway engineer. The surrounding land was taken from William M. Allen owned and invested the place.
During the Civil War the town was in 1861 the scene of numerous skirmishes along the railroad line in July. Confederate guerrilla units threatened the important railway line and units of the Union Army beat them back.
Geography
Wentzville is located at 38 ° 48'58 " north latitude and 90 ° 51'26 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 37.3 km ², which consist almost exclusively of land area.
In Wentzville Interstate 70 and U.S. Highways 40 and 61 meet each other. These two highways form nationwide connections from north to south (61) and from east to west (40 ), which is why Wentzville is also called popularly Crossroads of the Nation.
In a southeasterly direction can be reached via U.S. Highway 61 and Interstate 64 is 65 km away in the city of St. Louis. To the west on Interstate 70 there are 334 kilometers to Kansas City.
Demographic data
In the census of 2000 a population of 13,931 was determined. These distributed to 2,456 households in 1,846 families. The population density was 184.9 / km ². There were 2,724 buildings, which corresponds to a site density of 73.0 / km ².
The population was in 2000 from 84.63 % White, 12.02 % African American, 0.16 % Native Americans, 0.55 % Asian, and 0.58% other. 2.06 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 1.49% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
31.8% were under the age of 18, 9.2 % from 18 to 24, 30.7 % 25-44, 17.4% from 45 to 64 and 10.8 % 65 and older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females were statistically 87.6 men in the over 18 -year-olds 82.5.
The average income per household was $ 47,232, the average family income is $ 53.082. Men's income averaged $ 38,423, and for women about $ 25,852. The per capita income amounted to $ 18,039. Around 10.1 % of families and 11.6 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.