St. Louis County Information

Pierre Laclede Liguest, recipient of a land grant from the King of France, and his 13-year-old scout, Auguste Chouteau, selected the site of St. Louis in 1764 as a fur trading post. Construction of a village, named for Louis IX of France, began the following year. The town gained fame in 1803 as the jumping-off point for the Louisiana Purchase Expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. St. Louis incorporated as a city in 1823. During the 19th-Century, St. Louis grew into an important center of commerce and trade, attracting thousands of immigrants eager to find a new life on the edge of the frontier.

St. Louis's current boundaries were established in 1876, when voters approved separation from St Louis County and establishment of a home rule charter. By the 1890s, St. Louis was the nation's fourth largest city. One of the City's great moments came in 1904, when it hosted a World's Fair in Forest Park. The 1904 Olympic games were also held in St. Louis in conjunction with the fair. Through the early 20th-Century, St. Louis continued to industrialize. By 1940, over 800,000 people lived in the City of St. Louis. After World War II, the City's population peaked at 856,000. This crowded city had no more room to grow within its fixed boundaries, thus any new growth had to occur in the suburbs in St. Louis County.

Nolting Real Estate focuses on these areas - In the Central Corridor of St. Louis County there are 1929 homes currently listed on the MLS with an average listing price of $863,014 (Average days on the market: 115). In October 2006, 260 homes were sold with an average sale price of $461,493 (Average days on the market: 93). To learn more about Real Estate in this area contact us at 636-391-9997!