Botanical Heights, St. Louis

Botanical Heights is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Its former name was McRee Town. The Botanical Heights neighborhood is defined by Chouteau Avenue on the North, Interstate 44 on the South, 39th Street on the East and Vandeventer Avenue on the West. This near Southside neighborhood is located just north of the Shaw neighborhood.DemographicsIn 2010 Botanical Heights' population was 74.4% Black, 20.3% White, 0.2% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 2.6% Two or More Races, and 0.7% Some Other Race. 2.1% of the neighborhood's population was of Hispanic or Latino origin, 20.3% have a High school education.