Editing Chesterfield, Missouri

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'''Chesterfield''' is a city in [[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis County]], [[Missouri]], United States. It is a western suburb of [[St. Louis]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 49,999,<ref name="Census2020"/> making it the state's [[List of cities in Missouri|14th most populous city]]. The broader valley of Chesterfield was originally referred to as "Gumbo Flats", derived from its soil, which though very rich and silty, resembled [[gumbo]] when wet.

== History ==
===Ancient history===
Present-day Chesterfield is known to have been a site of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] inhabitation for thousands of years. A site in western Chesterfield containing artwork and carvings has been dated as 4,000 years old.<ref name="stltoday1">{{cite web|author=Mary Shapiro |url=http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/metro/news/new-book-uncovers-chesterfield-s-ancient-past/article_c68290c7-ec8f-5a66-bc80-9ee9aaedec9c.html |title=New book uncovers Chesterfield's ancient past : Sj |publisher=Stltoday.com |access-date=2013-04-13}}</ref> A [[Mississippian culture|Mississippian]] site, dated to around the year 1000, containing the remains of what have been identified as a market and ceremonial center, is also located in modern Chesterfield.<ref name="stltoday1" />

===Historical communities===
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The present-day city of Chesterfield is made up of several smaller historical communities, including:
* Bellefontaine (French for "beautiful spring"), or as the locals called it, "Hilltown", dates to about 1837 with the arrival of August Hill. The first post office was established as Bellemonte ("beautiful mountain") in 1851. Eighteen years later, in 1869, the town and post office name were both changed to Bellefontaine. Rinkel's Market was a familiar landmark for years, at the intersection of present-day Olive Boulevard and Chesterfield Parkway.
* The town of Lake started out as "Hog Hollow," in about 1850. The post office was established as Hog Hollow in 1871, but a year later the town's name was changed to what some thought was the more suitable name of Lake. Zierenberg's General Merchandise and Saloon (built around 1880) was a well-known landmark at the 18-mile marker on Olive Street Road. The original structure was destroyed by fire in 1918. It was replaced by the existing structure on the same site (Olive Boulevard and Hog Hollow Road).
* Gumbo is located in the valley at the present intersection of Chesterfield Airport Road and Long Road. A notable landmark (until it was razed in 1998) was the old Twenty Five Mile House - so named because of its distance from downtown St. Louis. Gumbo's name derived from its soil, which though very rich and silty, when wet became gumbo mud. A substance very similar to gravel was made from Gumbo mud and used for streets and sidewalks in Forest Park during the 1904 World's Fair. Gumbo's post office operated from 1882 to 1907.
* Monarch (earlier called Atherton, then Eatherton) was one of the settlements that sprang up along the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail line when it came through the valley in the late 1870s. William Sutton's General Store stood on the northwest corner of Eatherton and Centaur Roads. Their post office operated from 1895 to 1907, when the mail was transferred to Chesterfield. A well-known residence in Monarch was named "The Shadows"; it still survives, with a commanding view from its bluff site.
* Bonhomme, which is French for "good man," is located at the extreme western end of Olive Street Road. It had a blacksmith shop, grist mill, store, post office and Fenn's saw mill; but it was all washed away in the late 19th century by the Missouri River. Bonhomme was a popular name in St. Louis County; with Bonhomme streets, roads, creeks, churches and townships still so-named. However, this Bonhomme is the only one that ever had its own post office.

===1967 tornado===
{{main|1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak}}
On January 24, 1967, a violent [[Fujita scale|F4]] [[tornado]] ripped a {{convert|21|mi|km|adj=on}} path of destruction across St. Louis County. It was the fourth-worst tornado to hit the St. Louis metro area and the most recent F4 tornado to hit the city. The tornado developed near the Chesterfield Manor nursing home and then moved through River Bend Estates and across northeast St. Louis County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/?n=jan241967tornado |title=January 24th 1967 F4 Tornado St. Louis County |publisher=Crh.noaa.gov |access-date=2013-04-13}}</ref>

===Incorporation as Chesterfield===
The name "Chesterfield" was given by landowner Justus Post who arrived in Missouri in 1815 and began amassing an estate in the location of the present-day city. Post had grown up in Vermont, not far from the town of [[Chesterfield, New Hampshire]], which sits on the border between New Hampshire and Vermont. Although Post eventually left Missouri and moved to Illinois, his chosen placename of "Chesterfield" stuck.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historic Families of Chesterfield|url=https://www.chesterfield.mo.us/history.html|website=Chesterfield, Missouri|publisher=City of Chesterfield, Missouri|access-date=7 Feb 2023}}</ref>

For many years, "Chesterfield" was an all-inclusive place-name for a vast, unincorporated sub-region of western St. Louis County (called "West County" by metro area residents) containing the unincorporated historical communities listed above, plus areas now [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] as cities of their own (e.g., [[Ballwin, Missouri|Ballwin]]). Police and fire protection in the community were fragmented and sporadic, the former provided by St. Louis County. As the population grew, [[Chesterfield Mall]] and other retail and commercial real estate developments sprang up; however, many residents were concerned about the lack of quality public services, and that the municipal sales tax benefited the county instead of the community.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

An organization was formed calling itself the "Chesterfield Incorporation Study Committee." Headed by its president, John A. Nuetzel (himself a former president of the River Bend Association, a zoning watchdog group), the members "passed the hat" at neighborhood meetings, engaged legal help, drew up metes and bounds, and forced several failed public votes for incorporation. After a number of years, in 1988, The City of Chesterfield was finally established by its residents and their families, and has thrived as perhaps West County's premier residential, business, retail, and transportation center.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

[[File:Satellite image of Missouri River during Great Flood of 1993.jpg|thumb|Satellite image of Missouri River during Great Flood of 1993.]]

===Flood of 1993===
{{Main|Great Flood of 1993}}
On July 30, 1993, the levee that protected Gumbo Flats (now known as the Chesterfield Valley) from the [[Missouri River]] failed.<ref name ="patchflood">{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Frank|title=Flood of 1993: How Gumbo Flats Became the Chesterfield Valley|url=http://patch.com/missouri/chesterfield/flood-of-1993-how-gumbo-flats-became-the-chesterfield-valley|access-date=8 May 2015|work=Patch|date=15 July 2013}}</ref> This was the first time the levee had failed since 1935.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flood of 93|url=http://www.chesterfield.mo.us/flood-of-1993-video.html|website=Chesterfield, Missouri|publisher=City of Chesterfield, Missouri|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> The town was told to evacuate, and the whole area of Gumbo Flats was flooded by feet of water. Today, the area has become the Chesterfield Commons retail area.<ref name ="patchflood" />

===Scientific history===
At the [[Chesterfield Village Research Center]] the first work on genetically-modified organisms took place, with the first [[genetically modified potato]] being grown on 2 June 1987.

==Geography==
Chesterfield is located approximately {{convert|25|mi|km}} west of [[St. Louis]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|33.52|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|31.78|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|1.74|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

Portions of Chesterfield are located in the [[floodplain]] of the [[Missouri River]], now known as Chesterfield Valley, formerly as Gumbo Flats. Here several small creeks empty into the Missouri River ([[Caulks Creek]] and [[Bonhomme Creek]]). This area was submerged during the [[Great Flood of 1993]]; higher levees built since then have led to extensive commercial development in the valley. [[Chesterfield Valley]] is the location of [[Spirit of St. Louis Airport]], used for corporate aviation, as well as the longest outdoor strip mall in America.

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1990= 37991
|2000= 46802
|2010= 47484
|2020= 49999
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|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]{{failed verification|reason=No mention of Chesterfield at the given link|date=February 2022}} 2020<ref name="Census2020"/>
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According to the 2007–2011 [[American Community Survey]] estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $95,006, and the median income for a family was $88,568. Males had a median income of $94,322 versus $54,934 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $51,725. About 1.7% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid%3DACS_11_5YR_DP03 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-11-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190405142507/http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP03 |archive-date=2019-04-05 }}</ref>

===2020 census===
The [[2020 United States census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov| access-date=2023-12-17 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2023|reason=No mention of Chesterfield at this link}} counted 49,999 people, 19,378 households, and 13,458 families in Chesterfield. The population density was 1,570.3 per square mile (606.4/km{{sup|2}}). There were 20,263 housing units at an average density of 636.4 per square mile (245.8/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup was 75.77% (37,886) [[White (U.S. Census)|white]], 3.18% (1,591) [[African American (U.S. Census)|black or African-American]], 0.17% (87) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 14.38% (7,192) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% (21) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.06% (529) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.39% (2,693) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race was 2.7% (1,283) of the population.

{{citation needed span |text=Of the 19,378 households, 29.1% had children under the age of 18; 61.9% were married couples living together; 23.4% had a female householder with no husband present. Of all households, 27.2% consisted of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.4 and the average family size was 3.0.|date=December 2023}}

{{citation needed span |text=21.0% of the population was under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 18.2% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.8 years. For every 100 females, the population had 93.3 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 90.3 males.|date=December 2023}}

The 2016–2020 5-year [[American Community Survey]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov|access-date=2023-12-17|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> estimates show that the median household income was $120,394 (with a margin of error of +/- $10,152) and the median family income was $150,240 (+/- $8,440). Males had a median income of $92,020 (+/- $6,293) versus $44,789 (+/- $4,524) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $65,404 (+/- $5,414). Approximately, 1.8% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.8% of those under the age of 18 and 3.5% of those ages 65 or over.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-07-08}}</ref> of 2010, there were 47,484 people, 19,224 households, and 13,461 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1494.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 20,393 housing units at an average density of {{convert|641.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 86.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 8.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.8% of the population.

There were 19,224 households, of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.0% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.94.

The median age in the city was 46.6 years. 22.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.5% were from 25 to 44; 32.5% were from 45 to 64; and 20.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.8% male and 52.2% female.

==Economy==
[[Reinsurance Group of America]], [[Dierbergs]], [[Kellwood Company|Kellwood]], [[Amdocs]], [[Aegion]] and [[Broadstripe]] have their headquarters in Chesterfield.<ref>"[http://www.broadstripe.com/contact.php Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306181119/http://www.broadstripe.com/contact.php |date=2010-03-06 }}." [[Broadstripe]]. Retrieved on March 5, 2010.</ref> Chesterfield has three malls, two of which are outlet malls as well as a strip mall called the Chesterfield Commons.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shopping and Dining|url=http://www.chesterfield.mo.us/shopping-and-dining.html|website=Chesterfield, Missouri|publisher=City of Chesterfield, Missouri|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to the City's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="cafr2013">{{cite web|title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for year ending December 31, 2013.|url=http://www.chesterfield.mo.us/comp-annual-financial-report.html|website=Chesterfield, Missouri|publisher=City of Chesterfield, Missouri|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! Employees
|-
| 1
|[[St. Luke's Hospital (Chesterfield, Missouri)|St. Luke's Hospital]]
|3,447
|-
| 2
|[[Parkway School District]]
|1,195
|-
| 3
|[[Bayer]]
|1,011
|-
| 4
|Delmar Gardens Enterprises
|913
|-
| 5
|[[Reinsurance Group of America]]
|780
|-
| 6
|[[Dierbergs Markets]]
|485
|-
| 7
|[[Amdocs]]
|455
|-
| 8
|[[Mercy (healthcare organization)|Mercy Health]]
|430
|-
| 9
|McBride & Son Companies
|400
|-
| 10
|[[Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri|MOHELA]]
|379
|}

==Arts and culture==
[[St. Louis County Library]] Samuel C. Sachs Branch is in Chesterfield.<ref>"[http://www.slcl.org/branches/sa/ Samuel C. Sachs Branch] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930083840/http://slcl.org/branches/sa/ |date=2009-09-30 }}." St. Louis County Library. Retrieved on August 18, 2009.</ref>

==Parks and recreation==
[[Faust Park]] contains a playground, historical village, walking trail, carousel, and [[Butterfly House, Missouri Botanical Garden|The Butterfly House]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/visit/family-of-attractions/butterfly-house.aspx |title=Butterfly House |publisher=Missouribotanicalgarden.org |access-date=2013-04-13}}</ref> which opened in 1998. A nearby cement butterfly sculpture by [[Bob Cassilly]] was dedicated in 1999.

Recreation facilities in Chesterfield include Chesterfield Amphitheater, Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex, and Chesterfield Family Aquatic Center.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recreation Facilities|url=http://www.chesterfield.mo.us/recreation-facilities.html|website=Chesterfield, Missouri|publisher=City of Chesterfield, Missouri|access-date=5 May 2015}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Education==
===Public schools===
[[Rockwood School District]] serves the western portions of the city, and [[Parkway School District]] serves the east. District schools located in Chesterfield include:<ref>{{cite web | title = Directory of Parkway Schools | publisher = Parkway Schools | url = https://www.parkwayschools.net/cms/lib/MO01931486/Centricity/Domain/6/Directory%20of%20Parkway%20Schools%207.23.2021.pdf | accessdate = April 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = School Directory | publisher = Rockwood School District | url = https://www.rsdmo.org/Page/4017 | accessdate = April 8, 2022}}</ref>
{{colbegin}}
* Chesterfield Elementary 
* Green Trails Elementary
* Highcroft Ridge Elementary
* Kehrs Mill Elementary 
* [[Marquette High School (Missouri)|Marquette High School]]
* [[Parkway Central High School]]
* Parkway Central Middle
* [[Parkway West High School (Missouri)|Parkway West High School]]
* Parkway West Middle
* River Bend Elementary
* Shenandoah Valley Elementary
* Wild Horse Elementary
{{colend}}

===Private schools===
There are four private elementary schools: Chesterfield Day School,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chesterfielddayschool.org/ |title=Home |website=chesterfielddayschool.org}}</ref> Chesterfield Montessori School, Ascension School, and Incarnate Word School. [[Barat Academy]] is a private high school.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

===Colleges, universities and trade schools===
[[Logan College of Chiropractic]] offers undergraduate and graduate level courses on Chiropractic, Pre-Chiropractic, Sport Science and Rehabilitation medicine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Logan Academic Programs|url=http://www.logan.edu/academics|website=Logan University|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref>

== Transportation ==
=== Highways and major roads ===
[[Interstate 64 in Missouri|Interstate 64]] (locally referred to as "Highway 40") runs East-West through Chesterfield. There are seven exits serving the city (numbers 14-21). [[Missouri Route 340]] (a.k.a., Olive Blvd.) runs on East-West through much of Chesterfield, before turning Southwest near the I-64 Interchange; its name changes to Clarkson Road south of this junction. [[Missouri Route 141]] runs along the eastern border between Chesterfield and [[Town and Country, Missouri|Town and Country]]. Route 141's northern terminus was, until recently, located in Chesterfield at Olive Blvd. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic (DHT) began construction of Route 141 in Chesterfield in 2009.<ref name="modot">{{cite web|url=http://www.modot.org/stlouis/major_projects/rte141improvementproject.htm|title=Route 141 Improvement Project (Ladue to Olive)|publisher=[[Missouri Department of Transportation|MoDOT]]|access-date=2008-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228141408/http://www.modot.org/stlouis/major_projects/rte141improvementproject.htm|archive-date=2005-02-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> MoDOT expanded Route 141 between just south of Ladue Road (Route AB) to [[Missouri Route 340|Olive Boulevard (Route 340)]]. DHT extends Route 141 from Olive Road to the [[Missouri Route 364|Page Avenue Extension (Route 364)]] at the [[Missouri Route 141|Maryland Heights Expressway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stlouisco.com/hwyweb/Publications/Page_to_Olive_Connector/PagetoOliveConnector.html|title=Page to Olive Connector Study|publisher=St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic|access-date=2008-10-15}}{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== Public transportation ===
Public transportation is provided by [[Bi-State Development Agency|Metro]] and connects Chesterfield to many other portions of [[Greater St. Louis]] by numerous bus routes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Metro Transit - Saint Louis|url=https://www.metrostlouis.org/Default.aspx|website=Metro St. Louis|access-date=5 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504134813/https://metrostlouis.org/Default.aspx|archive-date=4 May 2015}}</ref>

=== Air ===
[[Spirit of St. Louis Airport]] is located in the Chesterfield Valley; the airport is owned by St. Louis County.<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=SUS|use=PU|own=PU|site=12082.5*A}}, effective 2007-07-05</ref>

=== Rail ===
[[Central Midland Railway]] (CMR), a division of [[Progressive Rail Inc.]] of Minnesota, provides regular freight rail service to industrial customers located in the Chesterfield Valley. CMR operates the far eastern segment of the former [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway]]'s St. Louis to [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] main line that was constructed in 1870.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uprr.com/customers/shortline/lines/cmr.shtml|title=Central Midland Railway CMR|access-date=February 5, 2012}}</ref> The active portion of the former CRI&P line runs from the north side of St. Louis, where it connects with the [[Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis]] and [[Union Pacific Railroad]], and now terminates in [[Union, Missouri]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Progressive Rail Inc.]]|url=http://www.progressiverail.com/where_we_go.html|title=Where We Go|access-date=February 5, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213185206/http://www.progressiverail.com/where_we_go.html|archive-date=February 13, 2012}}</ref> A primary rail customer in Chesterfield is a RockTenn (formerly Smurfit Stone) corrugated packaging plant which is located on a spur track that extends from the main track northward along the east end of the runway of the Spirit of St. Louis Airport. RockTenn typically receives inbound shipments of corrugated paper.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Lisa|publisher=[[St. Louis Post Dispatch]]|url=http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/article_a20b0928-9638-5884-8650-591afc339c8c.html|title=Rock-Tenn's bid to buy Smurfit-Stone means loss of HQ|date=January 25, 2011|access-date=February 5, 2012}}</ref>

==Notable people==<!--- Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME --->
*[[Michael Avenatti]], convicted felon, attorney, and entrepreneur, moved to Chesterfield as a child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/columns/joe-holleman/porn-star-stormy-daniels-lawyer-graduated-from-parkway-central/article_8ce4cfef-818e-58db-8250-a8f7d317effa.html|last=Holleman|first=Joe|title=Porn star Stormy Daniels' lawyer graduated from Parkway Central |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=2018-03-08 |access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref>
*[[Max Scherzer]], professional baseball pitcher for the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)]], was born in Chesterfield.
*[[Clayton Keller]], professional ice hockey player who is captain for the [[Utah Mammoth]], was born in Chesterfield.
*[[Robbie Daymond]], professional voice actor.
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==See also==
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