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St. Louis (/ s eɪ n t ˈ l uː ɪ s, s ən t-/ saynt LOO-iss, sənt-) [11] is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is located near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, [8] while its metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated ...
St. Louis. Chess Capital of the World [24] Gateway to the West [25] Lion of the Valley [26] The Lou [27] Mound City [11] [25] River City [28] Rome of the West [29] There's More Than Meets the Arch [12] Salem – Charcoal Capital of the World [30] Sedalia – The Queen City of the Prairie [31] Springfield. Birthplace of Route 66 [32] Queen City ...
Centralia, IL CSA. St. Louis. (2020) [ 1 ] Greater St. Louis is the 21st-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.
Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...
The history of St. Louis began with the settlement of the area by Native American mound builders who lived as part of the Mississippian culture from the 9th century to the 15th century, followed by other migrating tribal groups. Starting in the late 17th century, French explorers arrived. Spain took over in 1763 and a trading company led by ...
The first logo associated with the Cardinals was an interlocking "SL" that appeared on the team's caps and or sleeves as early as 1899 or 1900 (depending on the source). Those early uniforms usually featured the name "St. Louis" on white home and gray road uniforms which both had cardinal red accents. During an 1899 road trip to Chicago, a girl ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Louis is honored to this day by the statue of him in Forest Park, The Apotheosis of St. Louis. The spelling Saint Louis usually refers to the person, while St. Louis refers to the city. The Fleur-de-lis, emblem of the French monarchy, is on the flag of St. Louis City and is used extensively throughout the region on the logos of various ...