Chesterfield

Chesterfield is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,999, making it the state's fourteenth-largest city. Chesterfield is known to have been a site of Native American inhabitation for thousands of years. A site in western Chesterfield containing artwork and carvings has been dated as 4,000 years old. The broader valley of Chesterfield was originally referred to as "Gumbo Flats", derived from its soil, which though very rich and silty, resembled gumbo when wet. On January 24, 1967, a violent F4 tornado ripped a 21-mile (34 km) path of destruction across St.Louis County. The tornado developed near the Chesterfield Manor nursing home and then moved through River Bend Estates and across northeast St Louis County. For many years, "Cheterfield" was an all-inclusive place-name for a vast sub-region of western St. louis County. As the population grew, Chesterfield grew, and other commercial and retail developments sprang up in the western part of the county. An unincorporated area of the city is listed above containing the uninc incorporated historical communities listed above plus areas now incorporated as cities of their own (e.g., Ballwin and Ballwin Ballwin). The city's name was changed from Chesterfield to Chesterfield by the city council in the 1950s. The city was named after a former resident of the area, who moved to the area in the 1960s.

History

Chesterfield is the primary city name, but also Town And Country, Twn And Cntry are acceptable city names or spellings, Clarkson Valley on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. The official name is City of Chesterfield. Present-day Chesterfield is known to have been a site of Native American inhabitation for thousands of years. A site in western Chesterfield containing artwork and carvings has been dated as 4,000 years old. On January 24, 1967, a violent F4 tornado ripped a 21-mile (34 km) path of destruction across St. Louis County. Chesterfield was once an all-inclusive place-name for a vast, unincorporated sub-region of western St.Louis County (called "West County" by metro area residents) The present-day city is made up of several smaller historical communities, including Bellefontaine, Monarch, Gumbo, Lake and Bonhomme. The town of Lake started out as "Hog Hollow," in about 1850, and the post office was established as Hog Hollow in 1871, but a year later the town's name was changed to what some thought was the more suitable name of Lake. After a number of failed votes for incorporation, Chesterfield became a city in 1988. The city was incorporated as Chesterfield in 1988 by a group called the "Chesterfield Incorporation Study Committee," led by former president of the River Bend Association, John Nuetzel. It was the fourth-worst tornado to hit the St. louis metro area and the most recent F4 Tornado tohit the city. The population of Chesterfield has grown to more than 100,000, making it one of the fastest growing cities in the United States.

Geography

Chesterfield is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of St. Louis. The city has a total area of 33.52 square miles (86.82 km²), of which 31.78 sq miles (82.31 km²) is land and 1.74sq miles (4.51km) is water. Chesterfield Valley is located in the floodplain of the Missouri River. It is the location of the longest outdoor strip mall in America. The area was submerged during the Great Flood of 1993 and has since been redeveloped for commercial use. The airport is used for corporate aviation and is the longest in the U.S. to be open to the public. It was once known as Gumbo Flats, formerly known as Chesterfield Flats. It has been named after Chesterfield, Missouri, where the city was once located. The current airport was built in the 1960s and is located on the former site of the Gumboflats site, which was submerged in the 1993 Great Flood. The strip mall is the largest in the United States, with more than 10,000 square feet of retail space. It also has the longest strip mall of any city in the world, at more than 1,500 square feet. It opened in 1998. The mall was the first to be built on the site of a former floodplain, which is now known as the Chesterfield River floodplain. The town is home to the Spirit of St Louis Airport, used by corporate aviation.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, there were 47,484 people, 19,224 households, and 13,461 families living in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 75.8% White, 3.2% African American, 0.2%. Native American, 14.4% Asian, 1.2%, other races, and 5.4%. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.5% of the population. The median income for a household was $95,006, and the median family income was $88,568. About 1.7% of families and 4.0% of residents were below the poverty line. The city's population is expected to rise to 49,999 by the 2020 census. It is located on the banks of the Red River. The Red River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, which runs through the city's downtown area. The river is a popular tourist destination. It has been the site of several U.S. presidential campaigns. The U.N. World Cup is held in the area. It also hosts the Winter Olympics. It was also the location of the Winter Paralympic Games, which began in 2010. The Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020. The games will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Elysees, which is also home to the Winter Olympic Games. It will be the first Winter Olympics to be held in New York City since the 1988 Winter Games. The Games will take place at the New York Harbor.

Economy

Reinsurance Group of America, Dierbergs, Kellwood, Amdocs, Aegion and Broadstripe have their headquarters in Chesterfield. Chesterfield has three malls, two of which are outlet malls as well as a strip mall called the Chesterfield Commons. According to the City's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Aegion, Reinsurance group of America and Kellwood. The city's unemployment rate is 3.7 per cent, according to the 2013 Comprehensive annual financial report. The unemployment rate for Chesterfield is 2.9 per cent. The average income for the city's residents is $30,000. The median household income is $28,000, according the 2013 Annual financial report, and the average annual income for a family of four is $32,000 . The number of people living in poverty is at an all-time low of 1.2 per cent; the lowest rate of unemployment is 1.4 per cent in the City of Chesterfield, the highest rate for a city of the same size. The highest rate of poverty is 2 per cent and the lowest is 1 per cent for a single family home. The City's economy is estimated to have grown by 1.6 per cent over the past five years. The economy is expected to grow by 2.8 per cent by the end of the year, and 1.9per cent in 2015. The population is estimated at 1.7 million.

Arts and culture

St. Louis County Library Samuel C. Sachs Branch is in Chesterfield. The branch is a branch of the St. Louis Public Library system. The library was established in 1872 and is the oldest branch in the county. It was named for Samuel Sachs, who was a member of Congress in the early 20th century.

Parks and recreation

Chesterfield is a suburb of London, England. Chesterfield is home to the Chesterfield Family Aquatic Center and Chesterfield High School. It is also home to Chesterfield Park, which was opened in 1998. It was named after Chesterfield, England, a town in the Dorset region of the United Kingdom. It has a population of 2,000, with the majority of its residents living in the town of Chesterfield. It also has a number of other smaller towns and villages, which are part of the larger Chesterfield area. The town's name comes from Chesterfield Village, which is located in the north of the town, and is known as the "Gateway to the Heart of the City" It is named after the "gateway" which was built in the early 20th century, and was built on the site of a former village. The name Chesterfield comes from the word "chesterfield", which means "home" or "place" in English. It means "the heart of the city" and is also known as "the gateway to the north" and "the north" It was also named "the gate" for its location in the middle of the village, and the "north" is the name of a nearby street. The city's name is "Cheterfield" and means "peaceful" in the English language. The "south" is "charter" and refers to the area where the city is located. The word "charity" means "love".

Education

Rockwood School District serves the western portions of the city, and Parkway School District serving the east. There are four private elementary schools: Chesterfield Day School, Chesterfield Montessori School, Ascension School, and Incarnate Word School. Barat Academy is a private high school. Logan College of Chiropractic offers undergraduate and graduate level courses on Chiropractoric, Pre-Chiropractics, Sport Science and Rehabilitation medicine. Chesterfield is home to the U.S. Air Force Academy and the University of Texas at San Antonio. It is also the home of the National Football Hall of Fame and the Texas A&M Women's Basketball Hall of Famer. The city is also home to a number of high schools, colleges and trade schools, including Texas Tech University and Texas Tech's College of Business Administration. The Chesterfield area has a population of about 4,000. The area is located in the central part of the state, near the Texas-Oklahoma border. The town's population is about 3,000, with the majority of its residents living in the western portion of the town. The majority of residents live in the city's western neighborhoods. The community has a high school population of around 2,500, with most of its students attending public schools. It also has a large number of private schools, many of which are located in Chesterfield. It has one of the largest concentrations of African-American students in the state. The population of Hispanics in the area is about 2,000; the city has a low percentage of Hispanic residents.

Infrastructure

Interstate 64 (locally referred to as "Highway 40") runs through Chesterfield. Missouri Route 340 (a.k.a., Olive Blvd.) runs on East-West through much of Chesterfield, before turning Southwest near the I-64 Interchange. Central Midland Railway (CMR), a division of Progressive Rail Inc. of Minnesota, provides regular freight rail service to industrial customers located in the Chesterfield Valley. A primary rail customer in Chesterfield is a RockTenn (formerly Smurfit Stone) corrugated packaging plant which is located on a spur track that extends from the main track northward along the east end of the runway of the Spirit of St. Louis Airport. Public transportation is provided by Metro and connects Chesterfield to many other portions of Greater St.Louis by numerous bus routes.Spirit of St.-Louis Airport is located in a region of the city that is home to a number of industrial and commercial facilities. The airport is owned by St. Louie County, which is part of the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Chesterfield has a population of 2,000, the third largest city in the Missouri metro area (after Kansas City and St. Joseph). Chesterfield's population is 2,100, the fourth largest in the state (after Missouri and Jefferson County). The city's population in 2010 was 2,715, the fifth largest in Missouri (after St Louis and Kansas City). The U.S. Census estimates the population in the city will be 2,813, the highest in the county (in 2010).

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Chesterfield, Saint Louis City, Missouri = 12.4. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 60. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Chesterfield = 4.3 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 49,999 individuals with a median age of 39.7 age the population grows by 3.32% in Chesterfield, Saint Louis City, Missouri population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,570.57 residents per square mile of area (606.40/km²). There are average 2.73 people per household in the 20,562 households with an average household income of $103,328 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 6.00% of the available work force and has dropped -3.51% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 23.68%. The number of physicians in Chesterfield per 100,000 population = 387.5.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Chesterfield = 38.5 inches and the annual snowfall = 9.1 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 93. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 202. 89 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 18 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 34, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Chesterfield, Saint Louis City, Missouri which are owned by the occupant = 76.64%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 19 years with median home cost = $373,330 and home appreciation of -6.78%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $11.48 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $5,316 per student. There are 15.5 students for each teacher in the school, 604 students for each Librarian and 330 students for each Counselor. 5.34% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 38.37% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 19.79% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).