Editing Sappington, Missouri (section)

==History==
Sappington was named for a family of pioneer settlers.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfAuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA360 | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1918 | pages=360}}</ref> After [[Daniel Boone]] settled in modern-day Missouri, he would often return to Kentucky to tell residents about the land available in Missouri. John and Jemima Sappington sent two sons and a son-in-law to explore what is now Sappington in 1804. They bought 1,920 acres (3 square miles) of land - more than the area of present-day Sappington. The following year, the rest of the Sappington family arrived in the area. The descendants of the family eventually populated the area, and parts of present-day [[Crestwood, Missouri|Crestwood]] and [[Sunset Hills, Missouri|Sunset Hills]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=People {{!}} Sunset Hills, MO - Official Website|url=http://www.sunset-hills.com/313/People|access-date=2021-08-03|website=www.sunset-hills.com}}</ref> The house of Thomas Sappington, one of the original settlers, still exists and is maintained by the City of Crestwood.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thomas Sappington House Museum (U.S. National Park Service)|url=https://www.nps.gov/places/thomas-sappington-house-museum.htm|access-date=2021-08-03|website=www.nps.gov|language=en}}</ref>