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Pagedale, Missouri
St. Charles Rock Road, Pagedale, Missouri, February 2013
St. Charles Rock Road, Pagedale, Missouri, February 2013
Location within St. Louis County and Missouri
Location within St. Louis County and Missouri
Country United States
State Missouri
County St. Louis
Area
 • Total 1.20 sq mi (3.12 km2)
 • Land 1.20 sq mi (3.12 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
568 ft (173 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 3,310
 • Estimate 
(2019)
3,291
 • Density 2,733.39/sq mi (1,055.59/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 314
FIPS code 29-55964
GNIS feature ID 756495
Website https://www.cityofpagedalemo.gov/
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Pagedale is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,310 at the 2010 census.

History

The area originally was farmland, but it did have an interesting history with several pockets of significant Greek and African-American residents. Because St. Vincent's mental hospital was located just north of St. Charles Rock Road, a streetcar line was constructed in the late 1800s from just south of Olive Street Road in University City north on the east side of Ferguson Avenue through what is now Pagedale to meet the electric interurban line to Saint Charles at the Rock Road. The south end of the line eventually joined with the Creve Coeur Lake streetcar line which ran on Vernon Avenue (but later was relocated a block further south to run behind a new subdivision). That transportation opened up the area to housing.

South of Pagedale, at Page and Ferguson, was Hazel Hill, which eventually became the reason for the Lincoln School which became part of the Normandy School District. Though long forgotten as a name, the Hazel Hill community still exists and the Lincoln building is still standing. When Pagedale was incorporated, the northern end went beyond the Rock Road up Hoke Avenue, which later was renamed Ferguson though it didn't line up with Ferguson. In 1954 a new housing subdivision was built at Ferguson and North Market Street. That subdivision, named Engelholm Gardens, a long forgotten name also, still stands, looking exactly as it did in 1954.

In November 2015, some residents filed a civil rights class action lawsuit against the city of Pagedale for overly aggressive ticketing of residential code enforcement as a "revenue generating machine".

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.19 square miles (3.08 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1950 3,866
1960 5,106 32.1%
1970 5,044 −1.2%
1980 4,590 −9.0%
1990 3,771 −17.8%
2000 3,616 −4.1%
2010 3,310 −8.5%
2019 (est.) 3,291 −0.6%
U.S. Decennial Census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 3,304 people, 1,179 households, and 829 families living in the city. The population density was 2,776.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,072.0/km2). There were 1,461 housing units at an average density of 1,227.7 per square mile (474.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 3.4% White, 93.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population.

There were 1,179 households, of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 22.5% were married couples living together, 39.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.7% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.33.

The median age in the city was 32.7 years. 30.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.3% were from 25 to 44; 23.4% were from 45 to 64; and 11.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.1% male and 53.9% female.

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