Place:Jennings, St. Louis (county), Missouri, United States

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

Jennings is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 12,895.

The city was named after James Jennings, a farmer and merchant who moved to the area from Virginia with his family and retinue of slaves in 1839. In 1855, a railway was constructed which bisected the original Jennings property. Apparently the first commercial concern originating in the area was the Seed Dry Plate Company in 1883, which left for Rochester, New York around 1911 after its purchase by Eastman Kodak. The city benefited from the economic boom following World War II and was incorporated (with state and county administrations) in 1946.

Locale

Review of OpenStreetMap indicates the following (Jennings, Missouri at OpenStreetMap):

• Memorial Park Cemetery appears to be the only formal burial ground within the city limits
• The neighborhood of Fordell Hills, located in the heart of the city, is NOT included in the city administrative limits
• The city includes Norwood Hills Country Club, but not the neighborhood of Country Club Hills
• Neighborhoods in the city include
  • Alexandria Place
  • Belle Mead Place
  • Belleview Heights
  • Croydon Hills
  • Jenwood
  • Ranchdale
  • Ranch Meadows
  • Shannon Ridge
  • Sheppard Hills
  • West Walnut Manor
  • Part of Hathaway Hills
• The city includes two elementary, and one each junior high and senior high school
• The NS St. Louis District rail, operated by Norfolk Southern Railway, bisects the city