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St. Louis County is located in eastern 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. At the 2020 census, the total population was 1,004,125, [1] making it the most populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. [2]
The city of St. Louis is an independent city, and is not within the limits of a county. Its residents voted to secede from St. Louis County in 1876. Throughout the United States, St. Louis is one of three independent cities outside the state of Virginia (the other two are Baltimore, Maryland, and Carson City, Nevada). [4]
St. Louis County has 88 municipalities and 10 unincorporated census-designated places: List by population and area. Municipality Population [1] Total Area (mi2) [1]
Louis Lambert International Airport, owned and operated by the City of St. Louis, is 11 miles northwest of downtown along highway I-70 between I-170 and I-270 in St. Louis County. It is the largest and busiest airport in the state.
Clayton is a city in and the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri, and borders the independent city of St. Louis. The population was 17,355 at the 2020 census. [4] Organized in 1877, the city was named after Ralph Clayton, a citizen who donated the land for the St. Louis County courthouse. [5]
Greater St. Louis is the 23rd-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States, [3] [4] the largest in Missouri, and the second-largest in Illinois.Its core city—St. Louis, Missouri—sits in the geographic center of the metro area, on the west bank of the Mississippi River.
The county executive of St. Louis County, Missouri is the chief executive officer of St. Louis County's government. County executives
The St. Louis County Council is the seven member legislative body of St. Louis County, Missouri. [1] Composition