Benton Park West, St. Louis

Benton Park West is a neighborhood located in South St. Louis City, Missouri, United States. The neighborhood is bounded by Jefferson Ave. on the east, Gravois Ave. (MO Route 30) on the north and west, and an irregular boundary consisting of Cherokee Street, S. Compton Ave., and Potomac St. to the south. The neighborhood is the conglomeration of two different neighborhoods in the 1970s, Compton Hill and Marquette-Cherokee. Parts of these two 1970s neighborhoods make up the current day Benton Park West. Marquette-Cherokee was bounded by Arsenal Street on the north, Bates Street on the south and Grand Boulevard on the west. Its eastern edge was the bank of the Mississippi River. Benton Park West has the highest percentage of Latino residents among St. Louis neighborhoods.

Benton Park West
Neighborhood of St. Louis
Location (red) of Benton Park West within St. Louis
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CitySt. Louis
Wards9, 15, 20
Area
  Total0.40 sq mi (1.0 km2)
Population
 (2020)
  Total4,238
  Density11,000/sq mi (4,100/km2)
ZIP code(s)
Part of 63118
Area code(s)314
Websitestlouis-mo.gov

In 2005 Benton Park West was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Gravois-Jefferson Streetcar Suburb National Historic District.

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