Kinloch

History

The current city of Kinloch grew up around Kinloch Park, a commuter suburb first developed in the 1890s. A Mrs. "B" and her husband are thought to be the first black family to purchase a home in Kinloch Park. As soon as the neighbors discovered the new owners were black they sold their properties, and new sales to permanent white residents of south Kinloch Park ceased. In a few years, more than 30 black families had bought into a six-block area that became called South Kinloch Park. Kinloch, as an African-American community, developed out of a land purchase model similar to the Brooklyn, Illinois model. Since it was not legal to sell directly to blacks, the Olive Street Terrace Realty Corporation sold the parcels to whites for an average price of $150. The new owners then sold the plots to Blacks for an average of $350. This allowed the company to use the white people's loans as collateral for further bank notes. To get white investors, the company circulated testimonials of investors who paid in $50 towards a parcel and received returns of $500 to $1,000 on the investment. The Kinloch Airfield saw the first control tower, the first meal served on a flight, the first airmail shipped, the first parachute jump, the first aerial photo and the first animal airlifted. Kinloch was home to the 198th chapter of the Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA, which fostered black-owned businesses in the area. The chapter chairman was Elijah Woodson. In 1902, the white residents of Kinloch Park decided to withdraw from the neighboring Ferguson school district and built the Nuroad school for whites. Their two-room school was given to black students, who were using the 1885 Vernon schoolhouse built for the children of the servants to the whites in Kinloch. In 1913, the…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  46,965
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  41,692
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  36,067
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  33,364
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  30,262
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  29,112
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  28,252
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  25,725

Largest nearby schools

• HAZELWOOD WEST HIGH
  High · HAZELWOOD · 2,042 students · 18.9:1 ratio
• EXTERNAL SITES
  Other · TOWN AND COUNTRY · 1,999 students · 1.2:1 ratio
• PATTONVILLE SR. HIGH
  High · MARYLAND HEIGHTS · 1,893 students · 15:1 ratio
• RITENOUR SR. HIGH
  High · ST LOUIS · 1,873 students · 19.1:1 ratio
• HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH
  High · FLORISSANT · 1,628 students · 19.2:1 ratio
• RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH
  High · ST LOUIS · 1,331 students · 20.5:1 ratio
• LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH
  High · ST LOUIS · 1,313 students · 14:1 ratio
• HAZELWOOD EAST HIGH
  High · ST LOUIS · 1,264 students · 21.1:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.57 — 2024-09-19
  1 km S of Old Monroe, Missouri
• M 2.81 — 2024-03-28
  1 km NNE of Germantown, Illinois
• M 2.84 — 2022-04-29
  1 km SSW of Peerless Park, Missouri
• M 2.57 — 2019-09-11
  6 km NNE of Bonne Terre, Missouri
• M 3.12 — 2017-07-01
  9 km SSE of Mulberry Grove, Illinois
• M 2.58 — 2017-06-06
  8 km ENE of Bonne Terre, Missouri