Bevo Mill is a
neighborhood located in south
St. Louis
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,
Missouri
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.
Populace
The Bevo Mill area is direct to the west of the neighborhood of
Dutchtown, which was a major center of German settlement in St. Louis in the mid-nineteenth century. After significant population loss in the later twentieth century, the neighborhood was revitalized in the 1990s by immigrants fleeing the
devastating war in
Bosnia and
Croatia
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. Today, much of the Bevo Mill neighborhood is populated with
immigrants
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ...
, particularly
Bosnian Americans
Bosnian Americans are Americans whose ancestry can be traced to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The vast majority of Bosnian Americans immigrated to the United States during and after the Bosnian War which lasted from 1992–95. Nevertheless, many Bosnia ...
and
Croatian Americans
Croatian Americans or Croat Americans ( hr, Američki Hrvati) are Americans who have full or partial Croatian ancestry. In 2012, there were 414,714 American citizens of Croat or Croatian descent living in the United States as per revised 2010 U ...
. The St. Louis metro area is now home to an estimated 70,000
Bosnians, the largest population per capita outside Europe. The influx of new immigrants has helped stem the decline in St. Louis's population. Many Bosnians have bought homes in South St. Louis and started new businesses, including bakeries, cafés, taverns, nightclubs, restaurants, neighborhood grocery stores, and butcher shops, stimulating the economy and transforming the area, once known for crime, into a safe, thriving neighborhood.
Bevo Mill
The neighborhood was named after the Bevo Mill, a distinctive restaurant with a windmill and beer hall at Gravois and Morganford roads. The restaurant was opened by
August Busch Sr. in 1917. It operated under the name Bevo Mill until its closure in 2009. In 2017, a restaurant and event venue named Das Bevo opened at the location. The restaurant and venue remain in operation today with a limited dining schedule.
Demographics
In 2020, Bevo Mill's racial makeup was 58.3% White, 20.6% Black, 0.6% Native American, 4.8% Asian, 9.9% Two or More Races, and 5.7% Some Other Race. 11.6% of Bevo Mill's population was of Hispanic or Latino origin.
See also
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Holly Hills, St. Louis
Holly Hills is a List of neighborhoods of St. Louis, neighborhood located in South St. Louis, Missouri, near the intersection of I-55 and Loughborough Avenue. The neighborhood is defined by Bates and Walsh on the Northeast, Holly Hills on the Sout ...
, southeast of Bevo
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History of Bosnian Americans in St. Louis
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Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden
References
External links
Bevo Mill Neighborhoodon stlouis-mo.gov
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Bosnian-American culture in Missouri
Croatian-American history
Neighborhoods in St. Louis
Restaurants in St. Louis
Restaurants established in 1916
Buildings and structures completed in 1916
German-American culture in St. Louis