Pacific, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Franklin County, Missouri
• Legal status: Fourth-class city
• Population: 5,482 (Change since 1990: +26.0%)
• Founded: November 29, 1852 as Franklin
• Previously known as: Franklin

Geography

• Located along I-44 near the St. Louis County line
• Latitude: 38°28'55" N   (+38.4819)
• Longitude: 90°44'29" W   (-90.7414)
• Civil township: Boles
• Land area: 5.4 square miles
• Water area: 0.01 square miles (4.0 acres)

As the crow flies, Pacific is...

• 2.5 miles NE of Prater
• 3.8 miles SW of Allenton
• 4.1 miles E of Gray Summit
• 4.5 miles NE of Catawissa
• 5.0 miles SW of Hollow
• 5.8 miles SE of Oetters
• 6.1 miles NE of Robertsville
• 6.3 miles W of Eureka
• 6.3 miles S of Melrose
• 6.7 miles SE of Labadie
• 31.0 miles W of St. Louis
• 103.9 miles NW of Cape Girardeau

History

Timeline

Nov. 29, 1852

Franklin laid out

Feb. 18, 1859

State Legislature approves an act renaming Franklin to Pacific and incorporating it

Demographics