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| Name | St. Louis (county) |
| Alt names | Saint Louis | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS29025752 | | Saint Louis county | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | St. Louis | source: AAA: Kansas/Missouri (1993) |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 38.633°N 90.4°W |
| Located in | Missouri, United States (1804 - ) |
| See also | Cooper, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Franklin, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Jefferson, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Washington, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
St. Louis County is located in the eastern-central portion of Missouri. It is bounded by the City of St. Louis and the Mississippi River to the east, the Missouri River to the north, and the Meramec River to the south. As of the 2020 Census, the total population was 1,004,125, making it the most populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. The county is included in the St. Louis, MO–IL metropolitan statistical area.
After Great Britain took over former French territory east of the Mississippi River, many ethnic French colonists moved west. They settled the area of St. Louis County and founded the city of St. Louis in the late 1700s. The US acquired this territory in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase.
In 1877 residents of the City of St. Louis voted to separate from the county and become an independent city. In the 1960s, with growing suburban development of Greater St. Louis, the county's population overtook that of the city for the first time. Restructuring of industry resulted in job and population declines in the city, and the county has continued to expand.
Through the decades changing conditions have led many business and political leaders to propose merging the city and county as a single government. In 2019 there was an effort to put the issue to a state-wide vote, but it did not get on a ballot.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1804 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1876 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1876 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1876 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1876 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1883 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1810 | 5,667
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| 1820 | 10,049
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| 1830 | 14,125
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| 1840 | 35,979
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| 1850 | 104,978
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| 1860 | 190,524
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| 1870 | 351,189
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| 1880 | 31,888
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| 1890 | 36,307
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| 1900 | 50,040
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| 1910 | 82,417
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| 1920 | 100,737
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| 1930 | 211,593
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| 1940 | 274,230
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| 1950 | 406,349
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| 1960 | 703,532
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| 1970 | 951,353
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| 1980 | 973,896
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| 1990 | 993,529
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Note: Saint Louis city became independent of Saint Louis County in 1876.
Cemeteries
Cemeteries of St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
Research Tips
External links
St.Louis County Missouri Official Website
St.Louis Missouri Rootsweb
St. Louis Genealogical Society
Complete list of all cemeteries in St. Louis county
Missouri Historical Society
Missouri State Archives
St.Louis County Library
St.Louis Public Library
Genealogy in St.Louis
History's Time Portal to Old St.Louis
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