- Neighborhoods of St. Louis, Missouri
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Stately French houses in Lafayette Square
Grand brick homes in Skinker–DeBaliviere
Hospitals, apartments, & park in the Central West EndSt. Louis, Missouri, is divided into 79 neighborhoods. Census data is collected for each neighborhood, as well as crime data, historic property data, and dining establishment health ratings. National historic neighborhoods are identified by the official neighborhood to which they belong.
Also, several neighborhood names extend to areas well beyond their technical borders. For example, Downtown St. Louis is generally thought to include the St. Louis Union Station and the Scottrade Center, even though Downtown technically ends at Tucker Avenue (12th Street). Additionally, the Fox Theatre and Powell Symphony Hall are popularly considered a part of Midtown St. Louis even though they are in Grand Center. Dogtown is an area south of Forest Park that includes at least 4 distinct neighborhoods. Moreover, sometimes several neighborhoods are lumped together in categories such as "North City" and "South City." These last distinctions - between north and south - carry racial distinctions because the City of St. Louis used to be racially segregated by legally enforceable racially restrictive covenants (i.e., restrictions in property deeds that forbade sales to persons of particular races), and effectively still is segregated by circumstance; North City was the "black" half while South City was the "white" half (see also Crime in St. Louis, Missouri). This has changed somewhat as many blacks have settled in South City, but the central corridor, in between remains the most racially integrated area. However, North City used to have large Polish and German - among others - immigrant populations, evidenced by the churches they built, such as St. Stanislaus Kostka Church.
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List of neighborhoods
Map of the 79 neighborhoods of St. Louis, Missouri
Red brick homes in Gravois ParkThe following is a list of neighborhoods of the city of St. Louis, Missouri.
Aldermanic wards
The city can also be divided by the wards of the Board of Aldermen. These wards, however, change with every new census, and data is not as readily available for comparison across wards. Nevertheless, the wards are important in the functioning of the city, as the approval of the local Alderman is generally understood to be necessary before large projects may begin.
References
- "St. Louis Census 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. http://stlouis.missouri.org/census/. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
External links
- St. Louis Neighborhoods - official city site with map
- History of St. Louis Neighborhoods - Historical Neighborhoods with map
- Architectural Survey of Historic La Salle Park February, 1977 - Map of historic buildings
City of St. Louis 
Categories:- Neighborhoods in St. Louis, Missouri
- Lists of neighborhoods in U.S. cities
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