Editing Creve Coeur, Missouri (section)

==History==
The name ''crève cœur'' ({{IPA|fr|krɛv kœʁ}}, "heartbreak") is said to derive from [[Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park|Creve Coeur Lake]]. According to the city's website, the tale goes that the lake "formed itself into a broken heart" after an Indian princess's unrequited love for a French fur trapper led her to jump "from a ledge overlooking" the lake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.creve-coeur.org/220/History|title=History - Creve Coeur, MO - Official Website|website=www.creve-coeur.org|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>

Written accounts and [[archaeology|archaeological]] finds show that [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] inhabited the Creve Coeur area from 9500 BC to 1800 AD. French explorers began farming and fishing in the area in the early 18th century, and fur trappers settled there in the early 19th century. When the area was acquired by the United States through the [[Louisiana Purchase]] in 1803, the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] came through Creve Coeur. During the [[American Civil War]], men from the area served on both sides of the conflict, but most residents were southern sympathizers.<ref name="heritage">Dalton, Gloria (1976). "Heritage of the Creve Coeur Area", City of Creve Coeur.</ref>

Creve Coeur was incorporated in 1949. Although cabins more than 200 years old (including two still in Conway Park) are in the community, it grew primarily as a stopping point along Olive Boulevard (now [[Route 340 (Missouri)|Route 340]]) between [[University City, Missouri|University City]] and Creve Coeur Lake. It expanded faster following construction of [[Interstate 270 (Missouri)|Interstate 270]] and [[U.S. Route 40 in Missouri|U.S. Route 40]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.creve-coeur.org/history.htm|title=Creve Coeur History|website=Creve-coeur.org|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210175758/http://www.creve-coeur.org/history.htm|archive-date=10 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The lake and its associated park of the same name, which was the first county park in St. Louis County, is now part of [[Maryland Heights, Missouri|Maryland Heights]] to the north of Creve Coeur.