Streets of St facts for kids
The streets of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, are managed by the City of St. Louis Street Department. This department looks after all the roads and alleys in the city. St. Louis has about 1,000-mile (1,600 km) of streets and 600-mile (970 km) of alleys. Many of these streets are named after important people, places, or historical events.
Contents
- Famous Streets in St. Louis
- Arsenal Street
- Bates Street
- Biddle Street
- Carr Street
- Chestnut Street
- Chippewa Street
- Cole Street
- Commercial Street
- Delor Street
- Germania Street
- Hall Street
- Itaska Street
- Keokuk Street
- Laclede Avenue
- La Salle Street
- Locust Street
- Lynch Street
- Market Street
- Meramec Street
- Miami Street
- Nebraska Avenue
- O'Fallon Street
- Oleatha Avenue
- Olive Street
- Palm Street
- Papin Street
- Parnell Street
- Pestalozzi Street
- Pine Street
- Salisbury Street
- Sarah Street
- Sidney Street
- St. Charles Street
- Thomas Street
- Utah Street
- Walnut Street
- Wyoming Street
Famous Streets in St. Louis
Arsenal Street
Arsenal Street runs from east to west in South St. Louis. It starts near the Mississippi River and goes all the way to the River des Peres. This street is named after the St. Louis Arsenal, which was a place where military equipment was stored. Today, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency uses part of this area.
Bates Street
Bates Street goes from northwest to southeast. It connects the Bevo Mill and Holly Hills neighborhoods to Carondelet. The street is named after Frederick Bates, who was the second governor of Missouri.
Biddle Street
Biddle Street runs east to west, starting near the Mississippi River in the Near North Riverfront area and ending at 20th Street. It was named after Major Thomas Biddle and Mrs. Anne Biddle, who owned land in the area. Mrs. Anne Biddle was also the sister of Bryan Mullanphy, who was the tenth mayor of St. Louis. This street used to be called Willow Street.
Carr Street
Carr Street runs east to west in Downtown St. Louis, from the Mississippi River to Jefferson Avenue. It is named after Judge William C. Carr, who built the first brick house in St. Louis in 1813. In 1822, Carr Street marked the northern edge of the city.
Chestnut Street
Chestnut Street is an east-west street in downtown St. Louis. It forms the northern border of the Gateway Mall. This street was one of the first named east-west streets in St. Louis when it was a French colony, and was called "La Rue Missouri." After the United States took over in 1804, its name changed a few times before becoming "Chestnut" in 1893.
Chippewa Street
Chippewa Street runs east to west, connecting several neighborhoods like Marine Villa and Lindenwood Park. It is named after the Chippewa people. Part of this street is also Missouri Route 366, and it used to be part of the famous US Route 66.
Cole Street
Cole Street runs east to west from near Martin Luther King Drive to North Broadway. It was once called Wash Street. The name changed sometime in the early 1900s.
Commercial Street
Commercial Street is a unique cobblestone street that runs north to south in Laclede's Landing. It is located close to the Gateway Arch.
Delor Street
Delor Street runs from Kingshighway Boulevard to Virginia Street. It is named after Clement Delor deTreget, who founded the settlement that later became Carondelet, Missouri in 1767. Before 1893, a part of this street was called Termination Street.
Germania Street
Germania Street runs along the River des Peres from near Hampton Avenue to Alabama Street. Its name refers to Germania, a symbol of the German nation.
Hall Street
Hall Street runs north to south in North St. Louis. It is named after Edward Hall, who operated a Missouri River ferry.
Itaska Street
Itaska Street runs from Ridgewood Avenue to S. Broadway. Even though it's spelled with a "k," it is named after Lake Itasca in Minnesota, which is where the Mississippi River begins.
Keokuk Street
Keokuk Street runs east to west from the Marine Villa neighborhood to the Dutchtown neighborhood. It is named after Keokuk, a leader of the Sauk Native American people. He famously refused to help the British during the War of 1812.
Laclede Avenue
Laclede Avenue runs from east to west, starting in Midtown and going through the Central West End to Forest Park. This street marks the official dividing line between north and south St. Louis. It is named in honor of Pierre Laclede Liguest, who founded St. Louis.
La Salle Street
La Salle Street runs east to west through several neighborhoods like Kosciusko and LaSalle Park. It is named after René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a French explorer who traveled down the Mississippi River in 1682, passing the future site of St. Louis.
Locust Street
Locust Street runs east to west from Downtown St. Louis to Grand Center and Midtown St. Louis.
Lynch Street
Lynch Street was named after William A. Lynch, who helped develop the area. It runs through neighborhoods like Soulard and Benton Park.
Market Street
Market Street runs east to west from Memorial Drive near the Gateway Arch to Compton Avenue. In downtown, it forms the southern border of the Gateway Mall. This is a very important street in St. Louis, often used for parades and public festivals.
Meramec Street
Meramec Street runs east to west from S. Broadway near the Mississippi River to Chippewa Street. It is named after the Meramec River. The river's name comes from a Native American term that describes the many catfish and large Paddlefish found in its waters.
Miami Street
Miami Street has four separate parts that run east to west. It is named after the Miami River and the Miami people of Ohio.
Nebraska Avenue
Nebraska Avenue runs north to south from Mt. Pleasant Street near the Mississippi River to Park Avenue. The street was named after the new Nebraska Territory in the 1850s, before Nebraska became a state. The name "Nebraska" comes from an Oto language word meaning "flat or spreading water," which described the Platte River.
O'Fallon Street
O'Fallon Street runs east to west from Laclede's Landing in Downtown St. Louis to Jefferson Avenue. It is named after John O'Fallon, who was a soldier, merchant, and later invested in early railroads built through St. Louis.
Oleatha Avenue
Oleatha Avenue has two east-west parts, separated by railroad tracks.
Olive Street
Olive Street runs east to west from Downtown St. Louis to the northern part of the Central West End. It was renamed in 1826 after the olive tree. In the 1850s, the western part of the road was called the Olive Street Plank road because it was made of wood.
Palm Street
Palm Street runs north to south from the Near North Riverfront area to near Natural Bridge Avenue.
Papin Street
Papin Street runs from Downtown St. Louis to the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood.
Parnell Street
Parnell Street runs north to south in the St. Louis Place neighborhood. It is named to honor Charles Stewart Parnell, an important Irish political leader who supported Ireland's independence from England.
Pestalozzi Street
Pestalozzi runs east to west through neighborhoods like Soulard and Benton Park to Tower Grove Park. The street is named after Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, a Swiss educator whose ideas influenced modern elementary education.
Pine Street
Pine Street runs east to west from Memorial Drive in Downtown St. Louis to Jefferson Avenue. It used to connect to West Pine Boulevard, and the path of Pine Street is now a pedestrian route through the Saint Louis University campus.
Salisbury Street
Salisbury Street is an east-west street in the Hyde Park neighborhood. It is named after James Salisbury, an American Civil War doctor. He is known for creating the Salisbury steak as part of a special diet for soldiers.
Sarah Street
Sarah Street is a major north-south street that runs from the Greater Ville neighborhood to the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. The song "Down on Sarah Street" by Otis Spann refers to this street.
Sidney Street
Sidney Street runs from the Kosciusko neighborhood near the Mississippi River to Grand Avenue. It is named after Sarah Sidney Carr Lane, who was the daughter of Dr. William Carr Lane, the first mayor of St. Louis.
St. Charles Street
St. Charles Street runs east-west in three parts in the Downtown and Downtown West neighborhoods. It used to be one continuous street but has been broken up by new buildings. Even though it's a named street, it's often used more like an alley for things like garbage pickup and parking.
Thomas Street
Thomas Street runs from the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Compton Avenue to Jefferson Avenue. It is named in memory of James S. Thomas, who was the 19th mayor of St. Louis.
Utah Street
Utah Street runs east to west from S. Broadway to the Tower Grove South neighborhood. The street celebrates the creation of the Utah Territory in 1850. The name "Utah" comes from the Ute people and a river that explorer John C. Fremont wrote about.
Walnut Street
Walnut Street runs from Memorial Drive on the east to Tucker Boulevard on the west.
Wyoming Street
Wyoming Street runs east to west from Lyon Park near the Mississippi River to Alfred Avenue.
