St Louis, Missouri, USA
1895 - St Louis

Saint Louis, sent loo'is or loo'ee (Fr. sáN" loo'ee'), the chief city of Missouri, the fifth in population of the cities of the United States, and a port of delivery of the district of New Orleans, is situated on the W. bank of the Mississippi River, 21 miles below the mouth of the Missouri, and by rail 696 miles N. of New Orleans, 1108 miles W.S.W. of New York, and 2434 miles E. of San Francisco. Lat. 38° 37' 28' N.; lon. 90° 15' 16" W. The centre of one of the finest agricultural districts, with admirable facilities for water transportation and vast railroad systems, St. Louis possesses almost unrivalled business advantages. The great Mississippi gives it direct communication with many thou sands of miles of navigable water, and 22 great lines of rail road radiate from St. Louis as a centre, and place it in communication with all sections of the country. Among the railroads of the St. Louis system are the St. Louis & San Francisco, the Missouri Pacific, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, the Chicago & Alton, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Wabash, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, the Illinois & St. Louis, the Wandalia Line, the Ohio & Mississippi, the Louisville & Nashville, the St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute, the Mobile & Ohio, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis, and others. All of these lines now use the same station (the Union Depot) for passengers, while for freight several terminal lines used more or less in common afford excellent facilities for handling traffic...

In 1830 the population of St. Louis was 6694; in 1840, 16,469; in 1850, 77,850; in 1860, 160, 773; in 1870, 310,864; in 1880, 350,518; and in 1890, 451,770. The estimate of the publishers of the St. Louis city directory of the population, January 1, 1894, is 596,157.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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