Online Highways Home > Missouri > St Louis St. Louis, population 348,189, is located in east central Missouri on the Illinois state line in St. Louis County. It lies along Interstates 70 and I-44 on the banks of the Mississippi River. In 1764, French fur traders Pierre Laclede Liguest and Rene August Chouteau erected a trading post on the site of St. Louis. Laclede named the settlement after Louis IX, a French king who had been made a saint. (French king Louis IX (d. 1270) in the Crusades in North Africa). Five Fortune 500 companies maintain headquarters in St. Louis. Earnings increases show the service industry with the greatest growth, followed by finance, insurance and real estate. Famous St. Louisans include Scott Joplin, Tennessee Williams and Josephine Baker. A few of the largest attractions in the city are St. Louis Union Station, a mixed-use attraction, hotel and lake in a national historic landmark; the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, comprising the 630-foot tall Gateway Arch, Museum of Westward Expansion, and the Old Courthouse; and the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team. 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Grant National Historic Site | Public Libraries St Louis County Library | St Louis Public Library | Motels, Hotels and Resorts Adam's Mark St. Louis | Adams Mark-St Louis | Best Western Inn at the Park | Chase Park Plaza | Clayton on the Park | Comfort Inn and Conference Center | Comfort Inn Southwest | Courtyard by Marriott | Courtyard By Marriott Airport-Earth City | Days Inn St Louis at Airport | Drury Inn Convention Center | Drury Inn Union Station | Drury Plaza | Econo Lodge St. Louis | Embassy Suites St. Louis-Downtown | Four Points Hotel - St. Louis West | Hampton Inn Union Station | Hilton St. Louis Airport | Hilton St. Louis Frontenac | Holiday Inn Select St Louis Downtown | Holiday Inn Select St. Louis Convention | Holiday Inn South County Center | Holiday Inn St. Louis Airport Oakland Pa | Holiday Inn St. Louis Airport Riverport | Holiday Inn-Forest Park | Hyatt Regency Saint Louis | Hyatt Regency St Louis at Union Station | La Quinta Inn & Suites St.Louis Westport | Oak Grove Inn | Orlando's Lodge at Grant's Trail | Radisson Hotel & Suites St. Louis | Radisson Hotel and Suites St. Louis Downtown | Regal Riverfront Hotel | Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel St. Louis | Sheraton West Port Hotel - Plaza | Sheraton West Port Hotel Lakeside Chalet | Sheraton Westport Lakeview Chalet Hotel | Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel | St Louis Marriott Pavilion Downtown | St Louis Marriott West | St. Louis Airport Marriott | Super 8 St Louis North MO | Two Boys Inn Bed& Breakfast | Residential and Commercial Real Estate Dan Przulj, Real Estate Agent | Mary Zotos Real Estate Agent | St Louis Guesthouse | RV campgrounds and dealers KOA St Louis South | Meramec Caverns Campground | Pinewoods Park Campground | St Louis RV Park | Timberlake Marina | Science St Louis Science Center | Shopping Plasti-Tek Sales | Saint Louis Galleria | Small World Antiques | Soulard Market | St Louis Centre | St Louis Union Station | WildeKat Gifts | Health Resorts and Spas The Face and The Body Day Spa | Sports and Sporting Events Busch Stadium | Forest Park Boathouse | Grant's Trail | International Bowling Museum | Kiel Center | Riverfront Hiking/Biking Trail | St Louis Ambush Soccer | St Louis Blues Hockey Club | St Louis Cardinals Baseball Club | St Louis Rams Football | Transportation Gateway Riverboat Cruises | Gondolas in the Park | Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher Cruises | Wildlife Viewing Hampton Animal Hospital | St Louis Zoo | Wild Canid Survival and Research Center | See more Missouri Cities and Towns. 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