Country United States City St. Louis ZIP code(s) Part of 63113 Area 109 ha Area code 314 | State Missouri Wards 4 Website stlouis-mo.gov Population 1,868 (2010) | |
Restaurants Brother's Diner, Jaden's Diner, Golden Coin House, Collins Soul Food, Sarah's Chicken & Waffles |
The Ville is a historic African-American neighborhood located in North St. Louis, Missouri, with a long history of African-American businesses.
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Map of The Ville, St. Louis, MO, USA
This neighborhood is bounded by St. Louis Avenue on the North, Martin Luther King drive on the South, Sarah on the East and Taylor on the West.
Prior to the United States Civil Rights movement, the use of restrictive covenants and other legal restrictions prevented African-Americans from finding housing in many areas of the city. As a result, the African American population of St. Louis became heavily concentrated in and around the Ville. The neighborhood became home to a number of important cultural institutions for the black community, including Sumner High School, the first high school for black students west of the Mississippi River, and Homer G. Phillips Hospital, one of the few black teaching hospitals in the United States.
As of the 2010 Census, there are 1,868 people living in The Ville and 6,189 people in the surrounding Greater Ville neighborhood.
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In 2010 The Ville's racial makeup was 97.3% Black, 1.2% White, 0.2% American Indian, and 1.3% Two or More Races. 0.8% of the people were of Hispanic or Latino origin.