Fountain Park is a
neighborhood of
St. Louis
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...
,
Missouri
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, United States. Originally the
Aubert Place subdivision, it was laid out by John Lay in 1857. The Fountain Park neighborhood is located in north St. Louis with Martin Luther King Drive on the north,
Delmar Boulevard
Delmar Boulevard is a major east-west street in St. Louis, Missouri.
Route description
Delmar Boulevard starts at North 14th Street in Downtown St. Louis, as a westward extension of Convention Plaza. It passes through the neighborhoods of Dow ...
on the south, Walton Avenue on the east, and
Kingshighway Boulevard on the west. It is just two blocks north of the
Central West End (CWE) of the city. The Fountain Park neighborhood is named after Fountain Park, a small oval-shaped city park near its center. A
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...
statue sculpted by
Rudolph Edward Torrini is situated on the west side of the park.
The park at the neighborhood's center hosts large
Juneteenth
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celebrations since the mid-2000s. The space was reserved for a public park in 1857 and was donated to the city by John Lay in 1889. The fountain in its center was given by the Merchants Exchange. Residents and supporters participate in the Operation Brightside clean-up and the National Night Out.
Demographics
In 2010 Fountain Park's racial makeup was 97.4% Black, 1.1% White, 1.2% Two or More Races, and 0.1% Some Other Race. 0.5% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin.
In 2020 Fountain Park's racial makeup was 89.2% Black, 3.6% White, 1.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.2% Two or More Races, and 1.9% Some Other Race. 1.7% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin.
[https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/research/documents/upload/Total-Population-by-Neighborhood-Census-2020-Redistricting-Release-2.pdf ]
See also
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Delmar Divide
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Neighborhoods of St. Louis
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References
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Neighborhoods in St. Louis
1857 establishments in Missouri
Parks in St. Louis