This government, called the Court of Quarter Sessions, was composed of Charles Gratiot, Auguste Chouteau, Jacques Clamorgan, and David DeLaunay, all ethnic French or French Canadians the court held judicial, executive, and legislative power. Louis County was established (following the earlier Spanish governors). During this time, the first governing body of St. Upon the sale and transfer of French Louisiana to the United States on October 1, 1804, President Thomas Jefferson suggested the territory retain the districts drawn by Spanish officials during their decades-long rule of the territory after an arrangement with the French. During the 1790s, the very small settlements known as Creve Coeur and Point Labadie were built north and west of St. Louis on a tributary of the Missouri River. Ferdinand, was established in 1785 about twelve miles northwest of St. Founded in about 1767 was Carondelet, to the south. Louis was founded by Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau on Februthey became major fur traders in the city. It also ceded much of its territory west of the River to Spain. French colonists moved from east of the Mississippi River after France ceded territory to Great Britain after losing the Seven Years' War.
History Colonial settlement and early government ĭuring the 18th century, several European colonial settlements were established in the area that would become St. In 2019 there was an effort to put the issue to a state-wide vote, but it did not get on a ballot. Through the decades changing conditions have led many business and political leaders to propose merging the city and county as a single government. Restructuring of industry resulted in job and population declines in the city, and the county has continued to expand. Louis, the county's population overtook that of the city for the first time. In the 1960s, with growing suburban development of Greater St.
Louis voted to separate from the county and become an independent city.
The US acquired this territory in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase. Louis, MO–IL metropolitan statistical area.Īfter Great Britain took over former French territory east of the Mississippi River, many ethnic French colonists moved west. At the 2020 census, the total population was 1,004,125, making it the most populous county in Missouri. Louis and the Mississippi River to the east, the Missouri River to the north, and the Meramec River to the south. Louis County is located in the eastern-central portion of Missouri.
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