Embedded between Lambert Airfield [used to be named after Charles Lindbergh] and the city of Ferguson, Kinloch is a story representative of segregation and never admitting there was a “white” problem. The AfroAmerican population has been awfully restraint, a bomb ready to be set off after decades of subjugation. You never realize this when admittedly I lived in Creve Coeur, one of the many small “white” rural areas in the ’60s (pop. 1501). Indeed I took two close friends for a ride along Airport Road, an experience that nearly lost that friendship in 1966.
Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1950 5,957 --
1960 6,501 +9.1%
1970 5,620 −13.6%
1980 4,455 −20.7%
1990 2,702 −39.3%
2000 448 −83.4%
2010 298 −33.5%
2012 299 +0.3%2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 298 people, 105 households, and 67 families residing in the city. The population density was 408.2 inhabitants per square mile (157.6 /km2). There were 177 housing units at an average density of 242.5 per square mile (93.6 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 3.4% White, 94.6% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.7% Asian, and 1.0% from two or more races.
There were 105 households of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 19.0% were married couples living together, 31.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 13.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.2% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.63.
- ○ A must read – NY Times Editorial: Racial History Behind the Ferguson Protests
PS Memories included taking pictures of our first astronauts staying at Holiday Inn North at the airport where McDonnell Airspace facilities were located for Project Mercury. Also memories of the B-52’s lined up on the perimeter during the Cuban missile crisis. Yeah, experienced as an inspiring but violent decade in the U.S.
For a period of time, Berkeley City had Lambert Field in it’s City Limit boundary but the City of St. Louis eventually annexed it away from Berkeley for obvious reasons – Revenue! [The municipality was called Kinloch at the time!!]
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History of 'Berkeley' dates back to early 1800's
St. Louis County not only ‘stole’ Lambert Airfield from Kinloch, also removed the identity of the people of that municipality.
