St. Louis County, Missouri

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St. Louis County, Missouri is a populous suburban county in eastern Missouri that surrounds but is administratively separate from the independent city of St. Louis.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Missouri
administrativelySeparateFrom City of St. Louis
borderedByState Illinois (across Mississippi River)
borders City of St. Louis
containsAirport St. Louis Lambert International Airport
containsCity Ballwin, Missouri
Bridgeton, Missouri
Chesterfield, Missouri
Clayton, Missouri
Creve Coeur, Missouri
Eureka, Missouri
Ferguson, Missouri
Florissant, Missouri
Hazelwood, Missouri
Kirkwood, Missouri
Ladue, Missouri
Maplewood, Missouri
Maryland Heights, Missouri
Overland, Missouri
Town and Country, Missouri
University City, Missouri
Webster Groves, Missouri
Wildwood, Missouri
containsMunicipality more than 80 incorporated municipalities
containsUniversity Saint Louis University (some facilities in county)
Washington University in St. Louis (main campus partly in county)
country United States
countySeat Clayton, Missouri
FIPSCode 29189
formedFrom St. Louis District, Louisiana Territory
GNISID 0769638
governingBody St. Louis County Council
governmentType charter county
hasClimate humid continental to humid subtropical transition
hasFeature primarily suburban and urbanized area
headOfGovernment St. Louis County Executive
isSuburbanTo City of St. Louis
largestCommunity Chesterfield, Missouri
Florissant, Missouri
University City, Missouri
locatedIn eastern Missouri
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
locatedOnRiver Mississippi River
Missouri River
namedFor Louis IX of France
partOfMetropolitanArea St. Louis metropolitan area
partOfRegion Midwestern United States
state Missouri
surrounds City of St. Louis
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time


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