Cedar Hill is an

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and

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(CDP) in northwest Jefferson County,

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, United States. The population was 1,721 at the 2010 census.

History

A post office called Cedar Hill has been in operation since 1868. The community was named for cedar trees near the elevated town site.

Geography

Cedar Hill is located southwest of downtown

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. Missouri Route 30, a four-lane highway, runs through the western side of the CDP, leading northeast into St. Louis and west to St. Clair. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land. The Big River, a northward-flowing tributary of the

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, forms the southern and western limits of the CDP, and the community is the site of an old mill and dam.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,703 people, 627 households, and 465 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 657 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.89%

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, 0.06%

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, 0.82% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.35% from other races, and 0.70% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.82% of the population. There were 627 households, out of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were

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living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.11. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The

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for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the

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, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

References

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