Bonne Terre, Missouri Bonne Terre, Missouri Location of Bonne Terre, Missouri Location of Bonne Terre, Missouri Website City of Bonne Terre, Missouri Bonne Terre (bon-tayr) is a town/city in St.
Francois County, Missouri, United States.
It was called La Bonne Terre, "the good soil." Bonne Terre was platted as a town in 1880. Since 2005, Missouri has conducted all of its executions at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre.
The Bonne Terre Depot, Bonne Terre Mine, and St.
Bonne Terre was long an active surface lead miners camp.
Major lead quarrying operations from the 1870s encompassed the Desloge Lead Company, St.
The Desloge mines in Bonne Terre were started by Firmin V.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.10 square miles (10.62 km2), of which 4.04 square miles (10.46 km2) is territory and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,864 citizens , 1,634 homeholds, and 1,063 families residing in the city.
There were 1,882 housing units at an average density of 465.8 per square mile (179.8/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 79.60% White, 18.72% Black or African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.10% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.10% from other competitions, and 0.93% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,634 homeholds of which 38.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.9% were married couples living together, 15.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 34.9% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 34.2 years.
17.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 12.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 37.1% were from 25 to 44; 22.3% were from 45 to 64; and 10.4% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,039 citizens , 1,554 homeholds, and 1,062 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 1,000.0 citizens per square mile (386.0/km2).
There were 1,685 housing units at an average density of 417.2 per square mile (161.0/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 98.46% White, 0.30% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.05% Asian, 0.12% from other competitions, and 0.87% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,554 homeholds out of which 35.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples living together, 14.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 31.6% were non-families.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,929, and the median income for a family was $37,072.
About 11.7% of families and 15.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.4% of those under age 18 and 21.8% of those age 65 or over.
Bonne Terre is home to the Bonne Terre Mine site.
Joe Minerals lead mines that led to Missouri producing 70 percent of the United States' lead in the Southeast Missouri Lead District.
Bonne Terre is also home to The Space Museum.
History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1.
"Full length presentation by Christopher Desloge to the City of Bonne Terre, Oct 3, 2014".
City of Bonne Terre, Missouri Historic maps of Bonne Terre in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of Saint Francois County, Missouri, United States Bismarck Bonne Terre Desloge Farmington Iron Mountain Lake Leadington Leadwood Park Hills
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