Visitation Park, St. Louis

Visitation Park is a neighborhood in 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
Neighborhood of St. Louis
East on Windermere Place, Visitation Park, January 2012
Location (red) of Visitation Park within St. Louis
Country	United States
State	Missouri
City	St. Louis
Wards	26
Area
• Total	0.15 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	924
• Density	6,200/sq mi (2,400/km2)
ZIP code(s)	Part of 63112
Area code(s)	314
Website	stlouis-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 Ivory Perry Park.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1990	1,388	—
2000	1,033	−25.6%
2010	960	−7.1%
2020	924	−3.7%
[4]

In 2020 Visitation Park's racial makeup was 77.6% Black, 18.1% White, 0.2% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 2.3% Two or More Races, and 0.7% Some Other Race. 1.5% of the people were of Hispanic or Latino origin.^[5]

References

1. 2020 Census Neighborhood Results
2. Neighborhood Data Profile for Visitation Park
3. Ivory Perry Park, City of St. Louis
4. "St. Louis: Visitation Park Neighborhood Statistics".
5. "City of St. Louis - Neighborhood Population & Demographics - Census 2020 P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data Release" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2023-12-24.

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