Bolivar, Missouri Bolivar, Missouri Location of Bolivar, Missouri Location of Bolivar, Missouri Website Bolivar, Missouri Bolivar is a town/city and governmental center of county of Polk County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 10,325. Bolivar began as a settlement around Keeling Spring, with the majority of pioneer being from Hardeman County, Tennessee.
The settlement became part of Greene County, Missouri when that county was organized in 1833.
After the northern part of Greene County was ceded to form Polk County, Missouri, the Polk County Court proclaimed the settlement as a city, titled it Bolivar, and designated it as the governmental center of county on 10 November 1835.
Bolivar was re-organized as a fourth-class town/city 15 February 1881. The name Bolivar was proposed by John Polk Campbell and his brothers William St.
The name is after Bolivar, Tennessee where their grandfather and Continental Army Colonel Ezekiel Polk had lived.
In the 1830s, both Polk and Bolivar were names locally associated with liberation.
As such, Bolivar, Missouri is an indirect namesake of Simon Bolivar. The Bolivar Public Library, First National Bank, and North Ward School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.30 square miles (21.50 km2), of which, 8.28 square miles (21.45 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water. Bolivar is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The populace density was 1,247.0 inhabitants per square mile (481.5/km2).
There were 4,432 housing units at an average density of 535.3 per square mile (206.7/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.8% White, 1.5% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.7% from other competitions, and 1.8% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,970 homeholds of which 29.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 41.0% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 30.3 years.
21.7% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 20.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.1% were from 25 to 44; 17.6% were from 45 to 64; and 17.7% were 65 years of age or older.
The populace density was 1,458.8 citizens per square mile (563.0/km ).
There were 3,636 housing units at an average density of 580.1 per square mile (223.9/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.50% White, 0.86% African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other competitions, and 1.19% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,318 homeholds out of which 29.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.8% under the age of 18, 23.9% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $24,609, and the median income for a family was $35,716.
About 11.0% of families and 19.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 22.5% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.
The Bolivar Municipal Airport is positioned four nautical miles (4.6 mi, 7.4 km) east of Bolivar's central company district. "2010 City Population and Housing Occupancy Status".
History of Bolivar, Missouri Archived April 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
City of Bolivar Historic maps of Bolivar in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of Polk County, Missouri, United States
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