Peerless Park, Missouri

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Peerless Park, Missouri
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Peerless Park, Missouri
Coordinates: 38°32′36″N90°29′42″W / 38.54333°N 90.49500°W / 38.54333; -90.49500
Country United States
State Missouri
County St. Louis
Elevation
446 ft (136 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63088
Area code 636
FIPS code 29-56792 [1]
GNIS feature ID756514 [1]

Peerless Park is a former, disincorporated town located at the junction of Interstate 44 and Route 141 in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. It was incorporated in 1935 [2] and by the 1980s, the majority of the town was businesses and its population did not exceed 50. At the request of its citizens, the town was disincorporated on May 1, 1998. [1]

The former Peerless Park has since been annexed by the City of Valley Park. [3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1940 47
1950 119153.2%
1960 99−16.8%
1970 51−48.5%
1980 7954.9%
1990 33−58.2%
U.S. Decennial Census [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Peerless Park". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing".
  3. "Valley Park seeks to annex former Peerless Park". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Retrieved July 25, 2017.