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The original area of settlement sits on high ground between the Mississippi River to the east, Joachim Creek to the south, and U.S. 61-67 to the west. Most of the city's newer development, by contrast, is farther west along Interstate 55. Herculaneum has a total area of 4.10 square miles, and an average elevation of 422 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The original area of settlement sits on high ground between the Mississippi River to the east, Joachim Creek to the south, and U.S. 61-67 to the west. Most of the city's newer development, by contrast, is farther west along Interstate 55. Herculaneum has a total area of 4.10 square miles, and an average elevation of 422 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Herculaneum had a total of 3,468 inhabitants, grouped into 1,309 households, with a population density of 854.2 people per square mile. This figure represented a significant increase from the 2000 census, when Herculaneum had a population of 2,805. 95.44% of the inhabitants were White, 1.76% were African-American, 0.29% were Native American, 1.07% were Asian, 0.29% were from some other race, and 1.15% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 0.89% of the population.
The median age in Herculaneum was 37.8 years, with 23.9% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 6.7% between 18 and 24 years old, 29.0% between 25 and 44, 24.4% between 45 and 64, and 16.1% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 49.0% male, 51.0% female.<ref>http://censusviewer.com/city/MO/Herculaneum</ref>
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Herculaneum had a median household income of $63,824, and a median family income of $70,813. The unemployment rate was 7.3%. The per capita income was $27,023. About 11.2% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 12.7% of people under the age of 18 and 17.4% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2931708&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
==Education==
Herculaneum is a part of the Dunklin R-V School District, formed in 1965 through the consolidation of the Herculaneum and Pevely school districts and named after former Missouri Governor Daniel Dunklin, a native of the area. It has a total enrollment of about 1,650 students in grades PK-12, with the middle and high schools (and most administrative facilities) included in Herculaneum itself. Indeed, the high school is still labeled "Herculaneum High School."<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/herculaneum/dunklin-r_v/</ref> Its mascot is the Blackcats (sometimes the "Herculaneum Blackcats") and the school colors are red, black, and white.<ref>https://www.dunklin.k12.mo.us/</ref>
Part of the school's facilities were built by the [[WPA]] in the 1930s, including bleachers at the football and track field that, unusually, are cut from stone. The school has long been active in community life and broader civic engagement, having in many years organized Senior Educational Trips throughout the United States for graduating high school students.<ref>http://cityofherculaneum.org/Timeline.html</ref>
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