Charleston, Missouri Charleston, Missouri Location of Charleston, Missouri Location of Charleston, Missouri State Missouri Website Charleston, Missouri Charleston is a town/city in Mississippi County, Missouri, United States.
Charleston is the biggest town on the Missouri side near the confluence of the Mississippi River and Ohio River at Bird's Point, Missouri (11 miles east on U.S.
After purchasing 22.5 acres (91,000 m2) for $337, Joseph Moore laid out Charleston in 1837. Some say the improve derives its name from close-by Charles Prairie, while the rest believe the name is a transfer from Charleston, South Carolina. In 1845, it was chose as the governmental center of county and a postal service titled Charleston has been in operation since 1847. Killed in the battle was one Union soldier and thirteen Missouri State Guard soldiers. The fate of specific buildings may also be traced by Sanborn Maps that were produced of the town amid this period. This was the biggest quake since the 1812 New Madrid earthquake, which calculated at 8.3 and was the biggest recorded quake in the Contiguous United States. One of the most visible signs of the quake is positioned south of Charleston at Henson Lake, which was greatly period by the quake.
Legg, who designed various buildings throughout Missouri including the Gasconade County, Missouri and St.
Charles County, Missouri courthouses.
The Hearnes Site, Missouri Pacific Depot, Moore House, and Jacob Swank House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.86 square miles (12.59 km2), of which, 4.80 square miles (12.43 km2) is territory and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water. There were 1,883 housing units at an average density of 392.3 per square mile (151.5/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 47.55% White, 50.45% Black or African American, 0.03% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.61% from other competitions, and 1.04% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,705 homeholds of which 35.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 35.5% were married couples living together, 25.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 35.1% were non-families.
32.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 37.1 years.
20.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 32% were from 25 to 44; 26.4% were from 45 to 64; and 11.6% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,957 housing units at an average density of 418.5 per square mile (161.5/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 53.11% White, 45.60% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other competitions, and 0.80% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,834 homeholds out of which 32.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% were married couples living together, 24.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families.
30.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.2% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $21,812, and the median income for a family was $28,178.
About 21.2% of families and 26.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 41.3% of those under age 18 and 16.8% of those age 65 or over.
Charleston High School has won 11 state boys basketball championships, the most recent being in 2012. United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Mississippi County Place Names, 1928 1945".
The State Historical Society of Missouri.
How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named.
The State Historical Society of Missouri.
Sanborn Maps for Missouri: Charleston, from the University of Missouri Digital Library.
Historic Earthquakes: Near Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri - usgs.gov - Retrieved August 27, 2009 "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Missouri Population 1900 - 1990" (CSV).
Missouri Enumeration Data Center.
Wikisource has the text of a 1905 New International Encyclopedia article about Charleston, Missouri.
Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of Mississippi County, Missouri, United States County seats in Missouri
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