St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri
Independent city
Downtown St. Louis skyline from the east
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Nickname(s):  "Gateway to the West",[1] The Gateway City,[1] Mound City,[2] The Lou,[3] Rome of the West,[4] River City, The STL, St. Lou
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Coordinates: 38°37′38″N 90°11′52″W / 38.62722°N 90.19778°W / 38.62722; -90.19778
Country	United States
State	Missouri
CSA	St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL
Metro	St. Louis, MO-IL
Founded	February 14, 1764
Incorporated	1822
Named for	Louis IX of France
Area [5]
• Independent city	66.17 sq mi (171.39 km2)
• Land	61.72 sq mi (159.85 km2)
• Water	4.45 sq mi (11.53 km2)
• Urban	910.4 sq mi (2,357.8 km2)
• Metro	8,458 sq mi (21,910 km2)
Elevation [6]	466 ft (142 m)
Highest elevation [7]	614 ft (187 m)
Population  (2020)[8]
• Independent city	301,578
• Rank	US: 80th Missouri: 2nd
• Density	4,886.23/sq mi (1,886.59/km2)
• Urban	2,156,323 (US: 22nd)
• Urban density	2,368.6/sq mi (914.5/km2)
• Metro	2,809,299 (US: 21st)
• CSA	2,914,230 (US: 20th)
Demonym(s)	St. Louisan; Saint Louisan
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code	314/557
FIPS code	29-65000
Website	stlouis-mo.gov

St. Louis is a large and major city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is by the Mississippi River. It was founded by the French. It was named after King Louis IX of France, who is also a Saint. It is often called the "Gateway City" because it was important to settlers traveling out west. Its most famous landmark is the Gateway Arch, which is conveniently located next the the Busch Stadium ballpark.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "St. Louis United States – Visiting the Gateway to the West". Globosapiens.net. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
2. ↑ St. Louis Public Library on "Mound City" Archived October 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
3. ↑ STLtoday.com on "The Lou".
4. ↑ "Rome of the West". Stltoday.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
5. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
6. ↑ "St. Louis City, Missouri – Population Finder – American FactFinder". United States Geological Survey. October 24, 1980. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
7. ↑ "Elevations and Distances in the United States". U.S. Geological Survey. U.S. Department of the Interior — U.S. Geological Survey. April 29, 2005. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
8. ↑ "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 7, 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}