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City of St. Louis and Riverfront, 1874. South Broadway after a May 27, 1896, tornado. Immigrants from Ireland and Germany arrived in St. Louis in significant numbers starting in the 1840s, and the population of St. Louis grew from less than 20,000 inhabitants in 1840, to 77,860 in 1850, to more than 160,000 by 1860.
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5 days ago · Inc. town, 1809; city, 1822. Area city, 66 square miles (171 square km). Pop. (2010) 319,294; St. Louis Metro Area, 2,812,896; (2020) 301,578; St. Louis Metro Area, 2,820,253. History. The area was originally inhabited by mound builders of the Mississippian culture.
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Timeline of Historic Missouri: 1673-1820. 1673-1820 1821-1860 1861-1869 1870-1899 1900-1949 1950-Present. The following timeline reflects the period after European settlers arrived in the area that is now Missouri. Indigenous groups that lived in the area at the time included the Osage, Otoe-Missouria, and Ioway.
Near the central, western boundary of the city is Forest Park, site of the 1904 World's fair, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, and the 1904 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic Games held in North America. At the time, St. Louis was the fourth most populous city in the United States.
The history of St. Louis, Missouri, from 1866 to 1904 was marked by rapid growth. Its population increased, making it the country's fourth-largest city after New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. It also saw rapid development of heavy industry, infrastructure, and transportation.
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Jun 28, 2023 · Historic Quadrangles. Early quadrangle maps of Missouri, dating from 1906 to 1961. Scale of 1:62,500. Historic St. Louis Maps by Washington University. The 19th-century St. Louis fire insurance maps are an important source of historical information to study the growth and development of post-Civil War St. Louis.
In northern Central Township on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Named for the Clayburn (more correctly Claiborne) family, prominent in St. Louis history. (NAT. MAP MISSOURI (1930) Source: Welty, Ruth. "Place Names of St. Louis And Jefferson County." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1939.
