3 of Crestwood’s places are on the National Register
More historic than 38% of U.S. towns · #145 of 247 in Missouri. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Thomas J. Sappington House, the Father Dickson Cemetery and the William Long Log House. Most of Crestwood was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1960. Its Register listings are the Thomas J. Sappington House, the Father Dickson Cemetery and the William Long Log House. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1933 on, and the census since 1950.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Crestwood is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #145 of 247 in Missouri. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Crestwood’s overall grade.
Missouri towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Missouri town has 2.4 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Crestwood’s 2.4 sits near the middle of its state (55% of Missouri towns have fewer) while its 3 listings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.6 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Crestwood’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Crestwood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Crestwood is a city in Gravois Township, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, that is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area known as Greater St. Louis. The population was 12,404 at the 2020 census. In 2011, Bloomberg Businessweek magazine named Crestwood the "Best Place to Raise Kids in Missouri," lauding the community for top-tier schools and excellent municipal services.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 11,912 to 12,404 (+4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Crestwood, 1808 to 1988
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Crestwood is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #145 of 247 in Missouri. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Crestwood?
Three places: the Thomas J. Sappington House (listed 1974), the Father Dickson Cemetery (2021) and the William Long Log House (1978).
How old are the homes in Crestwood?
4% of Crestwood’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 8.4% for a Missouri town; the median home was built in 1960.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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