Peerless Park, Missouri
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Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States
Peerless Park, Missouri | |
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Peerless Park, Missouri is located in Missouri Peerless Park, Missouri Peerless Park, Missouri | |
| Coordinates: 38°32′36′′N 90°29′42′′W / 38.54333°N 90.49500°W / 38.54333; -90.49500 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | St. Louis |
| Elevation | 446 ft (136 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 63088 |
| Area code | 636 |
| FIPS code | 29-56792[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 756514[1] |
Peerless Park is a former, disincorporated town located at the junction of Interstate 44 and Route 141 in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. It was incorporated in 1935[2] and by the 1980s, the majority of the town was businesses and its population did not exceed 50. At the request of its citizens, the town was disincorporated on May 1, 1998.[1]
The former Peerless Park has since been annexed by the City of Valley Park.[3]
Demographics
[edit ]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1940 | 47 | — | |
| 1950 | 119 | 153.2% | |
| 1960 | 99 | −16.8% | |
| 1970 | 51 | −48.5% | |
| 1980 | 79 | 54.9% | |
| 1990 | 33 | −58.2% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[2] | |||
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "Peerless Park". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing".
- ^ "Valley Park seeks to annex former Peerless Park". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Retrieved July 25, 2017.
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