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BOWLING
GREEN
Location County:
Pike County Size: 18,351 City Size: 3,260
Distance to Major Cities Atlanta, GA 673 miles (south
east) Chicago, IL 330 miles (east) Kansas City, MO
214 miles (west) Los Angeles, CA 1,865 miles
(west) St. Louis, MO 85 miles (south)
Population
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Census
Year
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Town
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County
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1980
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3,022
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17,568
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1990
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2,976
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15,969
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2000
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3,260
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18,351
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Median
Age: 35.5
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Average
Household Income:
$39,390
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Climate Coldest Month: January 34.7F avg/max 13.5F avg/min Hottest Month: July 87F avg/max 63F avg/min
Government Class: Town-
Council Missouri Senate Dist.: 18 Missouri House
Dist.: 10 U.S. Congressional Dist.: 9 Zoning:
City: Yes County: No Subdivision Ordinances:
Yes Fire Insurance Rating: City: 7 Outside City: 8
County Labor
Market Labor Force: 8857 Unemployment Rate: 5.8% 05/08
Wage Ranges Non Manufacturing:
$275 Semi-skilled Manufacturing: $650
Commercial Services
Financial Banks:
5 Stock and Bond Brokers: 4
Communications
Newspapers: Bowling Green Times
People's Tribune Radio Stations:
KJFM-FM * 102.5
Transportation
Highways Nearest
Interstate I-70 45 mi. U.S. Hwy 54, east/west: In
city limits U.S. Hwy 61, north/south: In city
limits Nearest 4-lane Hwy: U.S. Hwy 61; In city
limits
Rail East/West: Kansas City
Southern; In city limits North/South: Burlington
Northern Railways; 11 mi. No. of freight stops per
day: 1 Rail spurs:
Possible
Trucklines Motor freight
carriers: United Parcel Service, Creech Truck Lines,
Rapid Package Service, Beaufort Truck
Line
Delivery Services Federal
Express United Parcel Service
Air Local Airport: Bowling Green
Airport Runway: 3,200 ft. hard surface Runway
lighted: Yes Private Aircraft Storage: Yes Fuel
Available: Yes Nearest Major Airport: 70 miles- St.
Louis
Barge & Water
Transport Service Navigable river: Mississippi-
11 miles River Flow: 150,000cu.ft/sec. Channel
Depth: 9 ft. Length of Season: 10 months Rail Spur
available: yes Truck to barge service: yes
Area Recreation
Pike County Country Club
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MISSOURI
Taxes
| Sales Tax per $100 |
| City |
$1.75 |
| State |
4.225 |
| County |
2.00 |
| Total |
$7.97/100 |
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Utilities
Electric Ameren UE
1-800-552-7583
Natural
Gas Atmos Energy 1-888-824-3434
Water
573-324-5451 Source: Reservoirs (2) City of Bowling Green
573-324-5451 Capacity of Plant: 1,400,00
gallons/day Average Consumption: 600,000
gallons/day
Peak Consumption: 1 million
gallons/day
Telephone
Southwestern Bell 800-464-7983
Cable TV
Rapid Communications 866-301-5388
Satellite TV
Direct TV
DishNetwork
Sanitation/Sewer Name of Supplier: City of Bowling Green Type of Plant:
Continuous Flow Plant Present load of Plant: CF Plant:
700,000/day Capacity of Plant: CF Plant: 1,000,000/day
Trash Dayne's Disposal (residential)
573-324-6195
WCA dba Eagle Ridge (Commercial & Apartments)
573-324-5610 Capacity of
Landfill: 25 years plus expansion capacity
Industry
Major Area Industries
Daffron &
Associates Product: Computer Software &
Services No. of Employees: 60 Union: No Pike
County Court House Product: Public Services No. of
Employee: 180 Union: No North East Correctional
Center Product: Correctional Facility No. of Employees: 576
Union: No North East Community Action
Corp. Product: Public Services No. of Employees:
316 Union: No United
Parcel Service Product: Package Delivery Employees: 26
Union: Yes
Abel Oil Company
Product: Shell Oil Dist. & Convenience Stores
Employees: 200 Union: No
True
Manufacturing
Product: Refrigeration Equipment
Employees:200 Union: No
Hercules
Product: Chemicals - Fertilizer
Employees: 128 Union: Yes
Industrial
Shops
Machine shops within 30 miles:
5 Tool & die services within 30 miles:
1 Electric motor repair services within 30
miles: 5
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