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St. John or Saint John [2] is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, with its commercial district centered along St. Charles Rock Road. It is a few miles southeast of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,643.
The township includes the towns of Dyer, Schererville and St. John as well as the unincorporated areas of these towns. [7] Zip codes in the township include 46307, 46311, 46319, 46373, and 46375. The State House districts are IN-11 and IN-15, and the State Senate districts are IN-1, IN-6, and a small portion of IN-2. [8]
The first settlement in what is today St. John was made in 1875 when William Bickerton of the Church of Jesus Christ founded a religious colony named Zion Valley. [4] By 1879, Zion Valley had grown into a small town, and the residents renamed it St. John, after then governor John P. St. John, in order to gain favor in winning the county seat of Stafford County.
In 2005, 2006, and 2007, St. John's Regional Medical Center was a recipient of the HealthGrades Cardiac Care Excellence Award. Additionally, St. John's Regional Medical Center was five-star rated for treatment of heart attack by HealthGrades.
The St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in Johnsburg in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. The church is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The parish can trace its history back to 1830s German immigrants.
St. John's Regional Medical Center after the May 22 Joplin tornado. According to the hospital, it was founded on October 24, 1896, by Mother Mary Sullivan, and the Sisters of Mercy founded in Ireland for this work around the world. Appoline A. Blair is sometimes credited as playing a philanthropic role in the founding of St John's. [2]
The building was completed in 1869, and was at the time the largest church building in the county. A parish school was started in 1883, using a former public school building located across the street from the church. The cemetery near the original church location was used until 1884, when the cemetery near the present church was opened.
St. John was laid out in 1882. [5] The town took its name after a parish in Quebec, the native land of a local missionary. [6] St. John was incorporated in 1903. [5] A post office has been in operation in St. John since 1882. [7] An early history of the town of St. John circa 1890 to 1912 can be found here [8] and. [9]