West End, St. Louis
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = West End
| type = Neighborhood of St. Louis
| image_skyline = Concrete Block Historic District (19) (8200702733).jpg
| image_caption = Concrete Block Historic District, West End, November 2012
| image_map = STL Neighborhood Map 48.PNG
| map_caption = Location (red) of West End within St. Louis
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Missouri
| subdivision_type3 = City
| subdivision_name3 = St. Louis
| parts_type = Wards
| parts_style = para
| leader_title = Aldermen
| leader_name =
| population_total = 6,846
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_footnotes = [https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/research/documents/2020-census-neighborhood-results.cfm 2020 Census Neighborhood Results]
| area_total_sq_mi = 1.02
| area_footnotes =
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| postal_code_type = ZIP code(s)
| postal_code = Parts of 63112, 63130
| area_code_type = Area code(s)
| area_code = 314
| website = [http://stlouis-mo.gov/neighborhoods/profile.cfm?neighborhood=West%20End stlouis-mo.gov]
}}
West End is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. This neighborhood is defined by Page Boulevard on the North, Delmar Boulevard on the South, Belt Avenue and Union Boulevard via Maple Avenue on the East, and City limits on the West.{{Cite web |title=Neighborhood Data Profile for West End |url=http://stlcin.missouri.org/nbr/neighprofile.cfm?neighnum=48 |website=stlcin.missouri.org}} The neighborhood is home to the Emmanuel DeHodiamont House, one of the two oldest houses in St. Louis.
History
Land for the neighborhood was held by the family of Jean Pierre Cabanné. Between 1890 and 1920, lands were subdivided and most of its existing housing stock was built.{{cite web |title=West End Neighborhood Overview |website=City of St. Louis |access-date=29 January 2025 |url=https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/live-work/community/neighborhoods/west-end/west-end-overview.cfm}}
From the 1950s through the 1970s, the West End saw significant racial transition. In 1950, neighborhood residents were 98.2% white. By 1960, the neighborhood was 30% white. Across the local area, 57,450 white families moved out and 56,150 black families moved in.{{cite book |last=Stoloff |first=David |title=The National Survey of Housing Abandonment |year=1971 |publisher=Center for Community Change, National Urban League |location=New York |pages=24–33 |url=https://archive.org/details/nationalsurveyof00cent |access-date=29 January 2025}} Much of this transition occurred in the final three years before 1960. Investors encouraged white flight by blockbusting the neighborhood, and housing stock became more crowded. In the 1960s, middle-class black families left the neighborhood as the housing stock deteriorated. Landlords found that local rents did not cover operating costs, causing widespread "milking" and disinvestment.
Demographics
{{USCensusPop
|1990=8796
|2000=6438
|2010=6574
|2020=6846
|footnote=Sources:{{cite web |title=West End Statistics |url=https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/archive/census-1990/48.shtml |website=St Louis, MO |access-date=8 August 2023}}{{cite web |title=Neighborhood Census Data |url=https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/research/census/data/neighborhoods/index.cfm |website=City of St. Louis |access-date=8 August 2023}}
}}
In 2020 West End's population was 71.5% Black, 10.5% White, 0.4% Native American, 6.8% Asian, 5.4% Two or More Races, and 5.4% Some Other Race. 7.7% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino Origin.{{Cite web |title=Total Population by Neighborhood Census 2020 Redistricting Release 2 |url=https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/research/documents/upload/Total-Population-by-Neighborhood-Census-2020-Redistricting-Release-2.pdf |website=stlouis-mo.gov}}
References
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Category:Neighborhoods in St. Louis
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