Rolla, Missouri Rolla, Missouri Location of Rolla inside County and State Location of Rolla inside County and State State Missouri Rolla / r l / is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Phelps County, Missouri, United States. The populace in the 2010 United States Enumeration was 19,559. Rolla is positioned approximately midway between St.
The Rolla, Mo Micropolitan Statistical region consists of Phelps County, Missouri.
It is the home of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, well known, both nationally and internationally, for its many engineering departments and computer science department.
The command posts of the Mark Twain National Forest is positioned in Rolla.
In 1844, John Webber assembled the first home in what became the City of Rolla.
Nine years later, barns contractor Edmund Ward Bishop, considered to be the founder of Rolla, settled in the area.
The state officially established Rolla as a town in 1858.
Two stories account for how Rolla was named.
One story, widely regarded as a folk legend, and acknowledged as such by the Phelps County Historical Society, arises from the competition between Rolla and neighboring Dillon, Missouri, to be designated the county seat.
When Rolla was made the governmental center of county in 1861, the inhabitants of Dillon, having lost a round, were allowed to choose the name of the new town/city and titled it Rolla, after a good-for-nothing hunting dog.
With various pioneer from the South, many inhabitants of Rolla leaned toward the Confederacy amid the American Civil War and the town was taken by Union forces in June 1861.
Rolla was also the locale of Camp Glover and Camp Davies.
From 1863 to 1865, Rolla was the regimental command posts of the 5th Missouri State Militia. For most of its history, Rolla has served as a transit and trading center.
Rolla is positioned at 37 56 56 N 91 45 47 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.85 square miles (30.69 km2), of which, 11.83 square miles (30.64 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water. Running through the town/city is the divide line that separates the vast Missouri watershed (via the Little Piney and the Gasconade) from the substantially lesser Meremec watershed (via the Bourbeuse).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 86.71% White, 4.11% Black or African American, 0.43% Native American, 5.70% Asian, 0.09% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other competitions, and 2.56% from two or more competitions.
There were 7,574 homeholds of which 25.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 35.2% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 50.3% were non-families.
18.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 29.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.7% were from 25 to 44; 17.1% were from 45 to 64; and 11.6% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 89.2% White, 2.92% African American, 0.46% Native American, 4.6% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other competitions, and 1.69% from two or more competitions.
There were 6,514 homeholds out of which 26.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 45.6% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.1% under the age of 18, 25.3% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 16.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
Brewer Science, a nationwide manufacturer of semiconductors, is headquartered in Rolla.
Rolla is home of the Rolla Bulldogs at Rolla High School.
Rolla is an meaningful center for state and federal education and research in science and technology.
It is the home of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, established as the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1870 and known as the University of Missouri Rolla from 1964 through 2007.
In addition, the US Geological Survey operates a large county-wide facility with various centers: the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center III, the Missouri Water Science Center, the Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center, National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Office Liaisons, and the Rolla Science Information and Library Services office.
Rolla and encircling communities are served by a daily newspaper, The Rolla Daily News.
KMST (FM) is the Public Radio station and KMNR FM is the student airways broadcast of the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
National Bank of Rolla Building, National Register of Historic Places Rolla Ranger Station Historic District Missouri University of Science and Technology has a half-scale Stonehenge replica assembled from solid granite positioned on campus, as well as an astronomical observatory and an working nuclear reactor, which was the state's first.
Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey and Ed Clark Museum of Missouri of Geology.
See also: List of Missouri University of Science and Technology notable citizens Robin Carnahan - former Secretary of State of Missouri Chuck Shelton - former American football coach from Missouri Sarah Steelman - former State Treasurer of Missouri United States Enumeration Bureau.
Missouri Enumeration Data Center.
, Rolla Chamber of Commerce, accessed 16 Jun 2008 United States Enumeration Bureau.
Climate Summary for Rolla, Missouri "Average weather for Rolla, Missouri".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Missouri Governor Mel Eugene Carnahan".
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Rolla, Missouri.
City of Rolla Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce Historic maps of Rolla in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of Phelps County, Missouri, United States County seats in Missouri
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