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Jan. 10—A regional home improvement chain with 280 stores largely in the Midwest plans to open its Joplin store in the spring. Applications are now being taken for jobs at Menards, according to ...
Payless Cashways faced their first major challenge in 1988, when they were the target of a leveraged buyout led by Asher Edelman and Sutherland Lumber. [10] The company also received a takeover bid from The Ward White Group, a British company which operated a similarly named retailer in Britain.
South Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. The district encompasses eight contributing buildings in a commercial section of Joplin. It developed between about 1901 and 1960 and includes representative examples of Italianate and Colonial Revival style architecture. Notable ...
Joplin's three-story "House of Lords" was its most famous saloon, with a bar and restaurant on the first floor, gambling on the second, and a brothel on the third. Trolley and rail lines made Joplin the hub of southwest Missouri. As the center of the "Tri-state district", it soon became the lead- and zinc-mining capital of the world. [10] [11]
In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.17% under the age of 19, 7.4% from 20 to 24, 25.11% from 25 to 44, 22.24% from 45 to 64, and 12.14% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.20 males.
The Joplin, Missouri-Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of Jasper, Newton, and Cherokee counties in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas anchored by the city of Joplin. The estimated 2023 population of the Joplin, MO-KS (MSA) is 204,787.
On October 20, 2021, the station was listed as a Place In Peril by Missouri Preservation, a statewide organization advocating for the preservation of architectural and historic landmarks. [ 5 ] Joplin Union Depot supporters announced on May 4, 2022, plans for a national marketing effort to find an interested party to restore and use the 110 ...
A lumber yard sorting table in Falls City, Oregon Frank A. Jagger loads his boat full of lumber at the Albany Lumber District in Albany, New York in the 1870s. A lumber yard is a location where lumber and wood-related products used in construction and/or home improvement projects are processed or stored.