Visitation Park, St. Louis

Visitation Park is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The neighborhood is defined by Maple Avenue on the North, Delmar Boulevard on the South, Union Boulevard on the East, and Belt Avenue on the West. Visitation Park is a small neighborhood nestled southeast of the West End neighborhood, just north of DeBaliviere Place.[2]

Visitation Park
East on Windermere Place, Visitation Park, January 2012
Location (red) of Visitation Park within St. Louis
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CitySt. Louis
Wards26
Area
  Total0.15 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Population
 (2010)[1]
  Total960
  Density6,400/sq mi (2,500/km2)
ZIP code(s)
Part of 63112
Area code(s)314
Websitestlouis-mo.gov

The Visitation Park neighborhood is named for the Visitation Academy of St. Louis, which was located at the southeast corner of Cabanne Avenue and Belt Avenue from 1892 to 1962. The Visitation Academy was razed in 1962 and the site became Visitation Park. In 1989, the park was renamed to Ivory Perry Park.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19901,388    
2000 1,033−25.6%
2010960−7.1%
[4]

In 2010 Visitation Park's racial makeup was 90.4% Black, 5.8% White, 0.1% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 2.6% Two or More Races, and 0.6% Some Other Race. 0.3% of the people were of Hispanic or Latino origin.[5]

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