City Of Creve Coeur, Neighbor

Creve Coeur is located within the heart of the St. Louis Metropolitan region. Our established and affluent community offers housing quality, beautiful neighborhoods, ample park land and walking trails, superior community services and premier education institutions. Our unsurpassed quality of life makes Creve Coeur an ideal place to live, work, play and learn.<br> <br> Initially a farming community, Creve Coeur has developed into a thriving city in central St. Louis County with beautiful homes, acres of parkland, hundreds of businesses and a number of high-tech office parks. The city&#39;s transformation began with a road: Olive Street Road, now called Olive Boulevard. The road followed a centuries-old Indian trail that took the high ground from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River. Carts, wagons, carriages and stage-coaches carried passengers and freights both west to new lands and east to the city of St. Louis.<br> <br> Creve Coeur was one of many unincorporated communities that grew along Olive Street Road. Its name, which means &#34;broken heart&#34; in French, comes from nearby Creve Coeur Lake. Legend has it an Indian princess fell in love with a French fur trapper, but the love was not returned. According to the story, she then jumped from a ledge overlooking nearby Creve Coeur Lake; the lake then formed itself into a broken heart.<br> <br> When Creve Coeur was incorporated in December 1949, less than one square mile housed a population of 1,900 citizens. Today, the population of Creve Coeur is 17,833 spanning 11.36 square miles with approximately 7,800 housing units. Currently, Creve Coeur has 80 miles of public streets and 16 miles of private streets. Home to two private colleges, five private high schools, five private primary schools, two public school districts and approximately fifteen houses of worship, Creve Coeur is a place where everything a resident needs is no more than ten minutes away.