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St. Louis (pronounced /seɪntˈluːɪs/ in English, /sɛ̃ lwi/ in French), sometimes written Saint Louis, encompasses an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri (the "City of St. Louis") and its metropolitan area (Greater St. Louis). This area includes counties in the states of Missouri and Illinois; it is the 18th largest in the United States with a population of 2,698,672 as of the 2000 census. According to the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA), the 2004 population is approximately 2,764,054.

The city, which is named after Louis IX of France, is adjacent to, but not part of, St. Louis County, Missouri and has a population of 352,572. It is the second largest city in Missouri after Kansas City, but it has the state's largest metropolitan area population. In relation to the Midwest region, the City of St. Louis is the 10th largest city in population (between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Wichita, Kansas).

The city has several common nicknames, including the "Gateway City", "Gateway to the West", "Baseball City USA", and "Mound City". St. Louis is also sometimes called "St. Louie", "River City" or "Baseball Heaven". Alternatively, many young people who live in St. Louis have begun to call it "The 'Lou" or "The STL" in reference to the long-standing use of an interlocked S, T and L by the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.

Chicago listen (help·info) is the largest city in the Midwestern U.S. state of Illinois, as well as the third most populous city in the United States. Known as the "Second City," the "Windy City," the "City of Big Shoulders," and "Chi-town" (along with other nicknames and colloquial nicknames that reflect the city's character), Chicago is located along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. When combined with its suburbs and nine surrounding counties in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana, the greater metropolitan area known as Chicagoland encompasses a population of nearly 10 million people.

Growing from its 1833 founding as a frontier town of the Old Northwest into one of the world's premier cities, Chicago is ranked as one of 10 "Alpha" (most influential) world cities. Chicago was the site of the world's first skyscraper, and today is the financial, economical, and cultural capital of the Midwest as well as the transportation and arguably architectural center of the U.S. The city's skyscrapers, local cuisine, political traditions, and sports teams are some of its most recognized symbols.

A resident of Chicago is referred to as a Chicagoan. There is some ambiguity regarding the suburbs - some residents call themselves "Chicagoans" and identify with the central city, while others rarely deal with or visit the central city. Typically, residents of Chicago will identify themselves with one of the many neighborhoods of Chicago. About one-third of central-city Chicagoans are Caucasian, another third African American, around a quarter Hispanic and one-twentieth Asian, with small amounts of other groups filling in the remainder. Chicago also has several dozen distinct neighborhoods to match its ethnic diversity; the city is divided into 77 official community areas.

Cape Girardeau (pronounced /ˈkʰeɪp dʒəˈɹɑɹdoʊ/) (French: Cap-Girardeau, pronounced /kap ʒiʀaʀdo/) is a city located in the county of the same name in Missouri, 100 miles south of Saint Louis. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 35,349.

The city is named after Jean Baptiste de Girardot, who established a temporary trading post in the area around 1733; he was a French soldier stationed at Kaskaskia, Illinois, 1704-1720. The Cape in the city name was a rock promontory overlooking the Mississippi River, later destroyed by railroad construction. As early as 1765, a bend in the Mississippi about sixty miles south of the French village of Ste. Genevieve had been referred to as Cape Girardot or Girardeau. The settlement there dates from 1793 when the Spanish government, which had secured Louisiana in 1762, granted Louis Lorimier, a French-Canadian, the right of establishing a trading post. His grant gave him extensive trading privileges and a large tract of land surrounding his post. Lorimier was made commandant of the district and prospered from the returns of his land sales and trade with the Indians. The town of Cape Girardeau was incorporated in 1808, prior to Missouri statehood, and was reincorporated as a city in 1843. The advent of the steamboat in 1835 led it to become the biggest port on the Mississippi River between Saint Louis and Memphis. The Civil War Battle of Cape Girardeau took place in 1863.

Columbia is a city in Boone County, Missouri, USA. The city has an estimated population of 90,593, as of 2006.

The city was founded in 1819; its name 'Columbia', from Christopher Columbus, is a poetic name for the United States. The surrounding Metropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 151,129, as of 2006. Columbia is located roughly equidistant from St. Louis and Kansas City on Interstate 70.

It has the reputation of combining the quality and culture of larger metropolitan areas with the warm hospitality of the Midwest. Columbia is consistently ranked as one of the top places in the United States to live by publications such as Money Magazine because of its excellent quality of life. The city is also home to the University of Missouri–Columbia, the flagship campus of the University of Missouri System. The city is also home to Stephens College, a traditionally-female college, and Columbia College, which led in the past to Columbia being known by the nickname "College Town USA".

As a whole the city has a very young and active population. The downtown area, recently renamed "The District" self-proclaimed as "Mid-Missouri's cultural and entertainment center, featuring a diversity of restaurants, bars, live music, and independent films." Downtown is also host to many events including the True/False Film Festival, Art in the Park, The Blind Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival, and the Twilight Festivals in June and September. The population generally supports progressive causes such as the extensive city recycling programs and the decriminilization of marijuana at the municipal level. Politically the city leans to the left, where as the surrounding rural areas are largely conservative. It is the county seat of Boone County, Missouri.^GR6 The mayor of Columbia is Darwin Hindman.

Jefferson City is the capital of Missouri, a state of the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the population is 39,636. It is the county seat of Cole County. Part of the city is in Callaway County, Missouri, United States.

In pre-Columbian times, this region was home of an ancient people known only as the Mound Builders. By the time European settlers began arriving here, the Mound Builders had already vanished into history and the indigenous peoples were called the Osage Indians. (See Also: Osage Nation)

Jefferson City was named after the third president of the United States of America, Thomas Jefferson. When the Missouri Territory was organized in 1812, St. Louis was the seat of government. St. Charles served as the capital until Jefferson City was chosen as the new capital in 1821. In 1821 Jefferson City was known as Lohman´s Landing. When the city was first chosen to be the state capital, they proposed the name "Missouriopolis", but later settled on Jefferson City. It was little more than a trading post located in the wilderness about midway between St. Louis and Kansas City. In 1826 the Missouri legislature first met here. In 1839 the site was incorporated as a city.

Jefferson City is in the Ozarks on the Missouri River near the geographic center of the state, and is dominated by a beautiful domed Capitol, rising from a bluff overlooking the Missouri River. Lewis and Clark passed beneath that bluff on their historic expedition.

Joplin is a city located in parts of southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city has a total population of 45,504. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County (though it is not the county seat). It is the home of NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray and was the birthplace of Langston Hughes (for whom a street in the city is named). It has also been home to Jackass' Preston Lacy.

Joplin is the center of what's known as the Four State Area: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas.

Kansas City is a city covering parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties in Missouri, USA. Although it is the largest city in Jackson County, the suburb of Independence is the county seat. Situated at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers, it lies along the boundary between Missouri and Kansas, and is directly opposite of Kansas City, Kansas.

Often abbreviated as "KC" (to refer to the entire metropolitan area), or "KCMO" (to refer to only Kansas City, Missouri), Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in Missouri and the center of the 26th largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States. In the Midwest, Kansas City is the 7th largest city (between Cleveland, Ohio and Omaha, Nebraska). As of the 2000 census, the city has a population of 441,545. Combined with Kansas City, Kansas, the population is 588,411, but the entire metropolitan area (in both Missouri and Kansas) is approximately 1,836,038. (Census estimated 1,947,694 in 2005)

The Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network, a project of the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, recently designated Kansas City as having potential of attaining world city status.

The current mayor of Kansas City, Missouri is Kay Barnes, the city's first female mayor. Elected in March 1999 and again in March 2003, her second of two terms will expire in April 2007.

Lee's Summit is a city in Jackson County and Cass County, Missouri. Lee's Summit is also a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. According to the 2004 City of Lee's Summit Annual Development Report, the city had a total population of 82,528. It is the fifth largest city, geographically-based, in Missouri.

Lee's Summit was the birthplace of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, outlaw Cole Younger and his brothers and is the current home of Internet celebrity Richard Kyanka.

Lee's Summit is a city in Jackson County and Cass County, Missouri. Lee's Summit is also a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. According to the 2004 City of Lee's Summit Annual Development Report, the city had a total population of 82,528. It is the fifth largest city, geographically-based, in Missouri.

Lee's Summit was the birthplace of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, outlaw Cole Younger and his brothers and is the current home of Internet celebrity Richard Kyanka.

O'Fallon is a city along Interstate 70 between Wentzville and St. Charles in Saint Charles County, Missouri. It is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 46,169; the 2004 population is estimated to be 67,009. O'Fallon is also home of the River City Rascals minor league baseball team.

St. Charles is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri. It lies just to the northwest of St. Louis, Missouri, on the Missouri River, and played for a time a significant role in the United States' westward expansion.

It is the second oldest city west of the Mississippi, founded in 1765 as Les Petites Cotes, "The Little Hills", by Louis Blanchette, a French Canadian fur trader and was the last "civilized" stop for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The city served as the first Missouri capital, from 1821 to 1826. It is the site for the Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne shrine.

St. Charles can be accessed from Interstate 70 using the Zumbehl, First Capitol, and Fifth Street exits, or Highway 94.

Saint Joseph is the county seat and largest city in Buchanan County and the seventh largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 73,990. The St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Buchanan, Andrew, and DeKalb counties in Missouri and Doniphan County, Kansas, has an estimated population of 122,934 in the year 2003. Saint Joseph is also home to Missouri Western State University.

St. Louis (pronounced /seɪntˈluːɪs/ in English, /sɛ̃ lwi/ in French), sometimes written Saint Louis, encompasses an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri (the "City of St. Louis") and its metropolitan area (Greater St. Louis). This area includes counties in the states of Missouri and Illinois; it is the 18th largest in the United States with a population of 2,698,672 as of the 2000 census. According to the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA), the 2004 population is approximately 2,764,054.

The city, which is named after Louis IX of France, is adjacent to, but not part of, St. Louis County, Missouri and has a population of 352,572. It is the second largest city in Missouri after Kansas City, but it has the state's largest metropolitan area population. In relation to the Midwest region, the City of St. Louis is the 10th largest city in population (between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Wichita, Kansas).

The city has several common nicknames, including the "Gateway City", "Gateway to the West", "Baseball City USA", and "Mound City". St. Louis is also sometimes called "St. Louie", "River City" or "Baseball Heaven". Alternatively, many young people who live in St. Louis have begun to call it "The 'Lou" or "The STL" in reference to the long-standing use of an interlocked S, T and L by the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.

Webster Groves is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 23,230 at the 2000 census.

In the 1960s it was featured in the CBS documentary 16 In Webster Groves and its high school has, more recently, been profiled in Time Magazine. Webster Groves also maintains the oldest football rivalry west of the Mississippi River with Kirkwood, Missouri. Webster has won most of the Turkey Day games, which have been played nearly continuously on Thanksgiving since 1907.

It is the former home of Jonathan Franzen, author of The Corrections. Webster Groves serves as both subject and backdrop in his novels and short stories. It was the setting for the short-lived TV series "Lucas Tanner" (1974-5), which starred David Hartman.

Gerry Welch is the mayor of Webster Groves. The City Council consists of Councilmembers Kathy Hart, Edward Robinson, Randy Jotte, Kevin Gunn, Jeanne Kirkton, and Joan Esserman.

Sedalia is a city located in Pettis County, Missouri, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and U.S. Highway 65. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 20,339. It is the county seat of Pettis County^GR6 and the largest city near Whiteman Air Force Base.

Sedalia was once the residence of the famous ragtime composer Scott Joplin. Joplin and ragtime music are honored in a yearly Ragtime Festival, usually held in June.

The Missouri State Fair is held in Sedalia every August. The Katy Trail passes through the city. The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, located on the campus of State Fair Community College, is nationally known and has been the home of many art exhibitions from well known artists around the world.

In 1974, the Missouri State Fairgrounds was the host to The Ozark music festival which was one of the largest, but was, unfortunately, one of the least remembered music festivals of the 1970's. While the plan was for a pop/rock/bluegrass festival with no more than 50,000 tickets sold, there was an influx 130,000 hippies and rock bands that went down into the cultural history of Sedalia.

A historic place to eat here is the Wheel In Drive In, which opened in 1947 and still serves its famous "guberburger," a hamburger with peanut butter slathered on the patty. The common opinion is that this actually tastes much better than it sounds and is a delicacy.

Cape Girardeau (pronounced /ˈkʰeɪp dʒəˈɹɑɹdoʊ/) (French: Cap-Girardeau, pronounced /kap ʒiʀaʀdo/) is a city located in the county of the same name in Missouri, 100 miles south of Saint Louis. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 35,349.

The city is named after Jean Baptiste de Girardot, who established a temporary trading post in the area around 1733; he was a French soldier stationed at Kaskaskia, Illinois, 1704-1720. The Cape in the city name was a rock promontory overlooking the Mississippi River, later destroyed by railroad construction. As early as 1765, a bend in the Mississippi about sixty miles south of the French village of Ste. Genevieve had been referred to as Cape Girardot or Girardeau. The settlement there dates from 1793 when the Spanish government, which had secured Louisiana in 1762, granted Louis Lorimier, a French-Canadian, the right of establishing a trading post. His grant gave him extensive trading privileges and a large tract of land surrounding his post. Lorimier was made commandant of the district and prospered from the returns of his land sales and trade with the Indians. The town of Cape Girardeau was incorporated in 1808, prior to Missouri statehood, and was reincorporated as a city in 1843. The advent of the steamboat in 1835 led it to become the biggest port on the Mississippi River between Saint Louis and Memphis. The Civil War Battle of Cape Girardeau took place in 1863.

Columbia is a city in Boone County, Missouri, USA. The city has an estimated population of 90,593, as of 2006.

The city was founded in 1819; its name 'Columbia', from Christopher Columbus, is a poetic name for the United States. The surrounding Metropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 151,129, as of 2006. Columbia is located roughly equidistant from St. Louis and Kansas City on Interstate 70.

It has the reputation of combining the quality and culture of larger metropolitan areas with the warm hospitality of the Midwest. Columbia is consistently ranked as one of the top places in the United States to live by publications such as Money Magazine because of its excellent quality of life. The city is also home to the University of Missouri–Columbia, the flagship campus of the University of Missouri System. The city is also home to Stephens College, a traditionally-female college, and Columbia College, which led in the past to Columbia being known by the nickname "College Town USA".

As a whole the city has a very young and active population. The downtown area, recently renamed "The District" self-proclaimed as "Mid-Missouri's cultural and entertainment center, featuring a diversity of restaurants, bars, live music, and independent films." Downtown is also host to many events including the True/False Film Festival, Art in the Park, The Blind Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival, and the Twilight Festivals in June and September. The population generally supports progressive causes such as the extensive city recycling programs and the decriminilization of marijuana at the municipal level. Politically the city leans to the left, where as the surrounding rural areas are largely conservative. It is the county seat of Boone County, Missouri.^GR6 The mayor of Columbia is Darwin Hindman.

Jefferson City is the capital of Missouri, a state of the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the population is 39,636. It is the county seat of Cole County. Part of the city is in Callaway County, Missouri, United States.

In pre-Columbian times, this region was home of an ancient people known only as the Mound Builders. By the time European settlers began arriving here, the Mound Builders had already vanished into history and the indigenous peoples were called the Osage Indians. (See Also: Osage Nation)

Jefferson City was named after the third president of the United States of America, Thomas Jefferson. When the Missouri Territory was organized in 1812, St. Louis was the seat of government. St. Charles served as the capital until Jefferson City was chosen as the new capital in 1821. In 1821 Jefferson City was known as Lohman´s Landing. When the city was first chosen to be the state capital, they proposed the name "Missouriopolis", but later settled on Jefferson City. It was little more than a trading post located in the wilderness about midway between St. Louis and Kansas City. In 1826 the Missouri legislature first met here. In 1839 the site was incorporated as a city.

Jefferson City is in the Ozarks on the Missouri River near the geographic center of the state, and is dominated by a beautiful domed Capitol, rising from a bluff overlooking the Missouri River. Lewis and Clark passed beneath that bluff on their historic expedition.

Joplin is a city located in parts of southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city has a total population of 45,504. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County (though it is not the county seat). It is the home of NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray and was the birthplace of Langston Hughes (for whom a street in the city is named). It has also been home to Jackass' Preston Lacy.

Joplin is the center of what's known as the Four State Area: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas.

Kansas City is a city covering parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties in Missouri, USA. Although it is the largest city in Jackson County, the suburb of Independence is the county seat. Situated at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers, it lies along the boundary between Missouri and Kansas, and is directly opposite of Kansas City, Kansas.

Often abbreviated as "KC" (to refer to the entire metropolitan area), or "KCMO" (to refer to only Kansas City, Missouri), Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in Missouri and the center of the 26th largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States. In the Midwest, Kansas City is the 7th largest city (between Cleveland, Ohio and Omaha, Nebraska). As of the 2000 census, the city has a population of 441,545. Combined with Kansas City, Kansas, the population is 588,411, but the entire metropolitan area (in both Missouri and Kansas) is approximately 1,836,038. (Census estimated 1,947,694 in 2005)

The Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network, a project of the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, recently designated Kansas City as having potential of attaining world city status.

The current mayor of Kansas City, Missouri is Kay Barnes, the city's first female mayor. Elected in March 1999 and again in March 2003, her second of two terms will expire in April 2007.

Lee's Summit is a city in Jackson County and Cass County, Missouri. Lee's Summit is also a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. According to the 2004 City of Lee's Summit Annual Development Report, the city had a total population of 82,528. It is the fifth largest city, geographically-based, in Missouri.

Lee's Summit was the birthplace of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, outlaw Cole Younger and his brothers and is the current home of Internet celebrity Richard Kyanka.

Lee's Summit is a city in Jackson County and Cass County, Missouri. Lee's Summit is also a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. According to the 2004 City of Lee's Summit Annual Development Report, the city had a total population of 82,528. It is the fifth largest city, geographically-based, in Missouri.

Lee's Summit was the birthplace of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, outlaw Cole Younger and his brothers and is the current home of Internet celebrity Richard Kyanka.

O'Fallon is a city along Interstate 70 between Wentzville and St. Charles in Saint Charles County, Missouri. It is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 46,169; the 2004 population is estimated to be 67,009. O'Fallon is also home of the River City Rascals minor league baseball team.

St. Charles is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri. It lies just to the northwest of St. Louis, Missouri, on the Missouri River, and played for a time a significant role in the United States' westward expansion.

It is the second oldest city west of the Mississippi, founded in 1765 as Les Petites Cotes, "The Little Hills", by Louis Blanchette, a French Canadian fur trader and was the last "civilized" stop for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The city served as the first Missouri capital, from 1821 to 1826. It is the site for the Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne shrine.

St. Charles can be accessed from Interstate 70 using the Zumbehl, First Capitol, and Fifth Street exits, or Highway 94.

Saint Joseph is the county seat and largest city in Buchanan County and the seventh largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 73,990. The St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Buchanan, Andrew, and DeKalb counties in Missouri and Doniphan County, Kansas, has an estimated population of 122,934 in the year 2003. Saint Joseph is also home to Missouri Western State University.

St. Louis (pronounced /seɪntˈluːɪs/ in English, /sɛ̃ lwi/ in French), sometimes written Saint Louis, encompasses an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri (the "City of St. Louis") and its metropolitan area (Greater St. Louis). This area includes counties in the states of Missouri and Illinois; it is the 18th largest in the United States with a population of 2,698,672 as of the 2000 census. According to the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA), the 2004 population is approximately 2,764,054.

The city, which is named after Louis IX of France, is adjacent to, but not part of, St. Louis County, Missouri and has a population of 352,572. It is the second largest city in Missouri after Kansas City, but it has the state's largest metropolitan area population. In relation to the Midwest region, the City of St. Louis is the 10th largest city in population (between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Wichita, Kansas).

The city has several common nicknames, including the "Gateway City", "Gateway to the West", "Baseball City USA", and "Mound City". St. Louis is also sometimes called "St. Louie", "River City" or "Baseball Heaven". Alternatively, many young people who live in St. Louis have begun to call it "The 'Lou" or "The STL" in reference to the long-standing use of an interlocked S, T and L by the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.

Sikeston (pronounced sīks´ten), which was founded by John Sikes (1816-1867) in 1860, is a city in Scott County, Missouri and New Madrid County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 16,992, making it the second most populous city in Missouri's 8th Congressional district (map) behind Cape Girardeau (population 35349). Other cities in Missouri's 8th Congressional district with a population exceeding 10,000 include Poplar Bluff (population 16651), Rolla (population 16367), Farmington (population 13924), Jackson (population 11947), Kennett (population 11260), and West Plains (population 10866). By way of Interstate 55 Sikeston is close to the halfway point between St. Louis and Memphis. In 2002, voters approved a home-rule system of government which allows the city to write its own laws instead of relying solely on Missouri statutes.

St. Charles is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri. It lies just to the northwest of St. Louis, Missouri, on the Missouri River, and played for a time a significant role in the United States' westward expansion.

It is the second oldest city west of the Mississippi, founded in 1765 as Les Petites Cotes, "The Little Hills", by Louis Blanchette, a French Canadian fur trader and was the last "civilized" stop for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The city served as the first Missouri capital, from 1821 to 1826. It is the site for the Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne shrine.

St. Charles can be accessed from Interstate 70 using the Zumbehl, First Capitol, and Fifth Street exits, or Highway 94.

Saint Joseph is the county seat and largest city in Buchanan County and the seventh largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 73,990. The St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Buchanan, Andrew, and DeKalb counties in Missouri and Doniphan County, Kansas, has an estimated population of 122,934 in the year 2003. Saint Joseph is also home to Missouri Western State University.

Webster Groves is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 23,230 at the 2000 census.

In the 1960s it was featured in the CBS documentary 16 In Webster Groves and its high school has, more recently, been profiled in Time Magazine. Webster Groves also maintains the oldest football rivalry west of the Mississippi River with Kirkwood, Missouri. Webster has won most of the Turkey Day games, which have been played nearly continuously on Thanksgiving since 1907.

It is the former home of Jonathan Franzen, author of The Corrections. Webster Groves serves as both subject and backdrop in his novels and short stories. It was the setting for the short-lived TV series "Lucas Tanner" (1974-5), which starred David Hartman.

Gerry Welch is the mayor of Webster Groves. The City Council consists of Councilmembers Kathy Hart, Edward Robinson, Randy Jotte, Kevin Gunn, Jeanne Kirkton, and Joan Esserman.