More historic than 6% of U.S. towns · #237 of 247 in Missouri. What drives it
Most of Maryland Heights was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1933 on and the census since 1970.
The Maryland Heights post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Ascalon (1896) and Vigus (1899), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 8,805 in 19702020 census: 28,284101 years
How historic is Maryland Heights?
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More historic than 6% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Maryland Heights post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Maryland Heights’ History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Maryland Heights is more historic than 6% of U.S. towns, #237 of 247 in Missouri. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Maryland Heights’ 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 Maryland Heights’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Missouri towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±0.8 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Maryland Heights’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost a third of its people between 1970 and 1980, then grew 4-fold.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Maryland Heights’ Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Maryland Heights’s post office has been open since 1925. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Ascalon
1896–1904
Vigus
1899–1955
Maryland Heights
1925–today
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Hamlets and corners on the map
AscalonChampHineVigus
Gone or out of use
Arrowhead Airportairport
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Maryland Heights, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Maryland Heights yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Maryland Heights is a second-ring west-northwest suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, Maryland Heights had a population of 28,284. The city was incorporated in 1985. Edwin L. Dirck was appointed the city's first mayor by then County Executive Gene McNary. Mark M. Levin served as City Administrator from August 1985 to 2015.
Its first post office opened in 1925. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 27,472 to 28,284 (+3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Maryland Heights, 1896 to 2020
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Maryland Heights. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1933Creve Coeur sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Maryland Heights.
Famous people
2 famous people were born in Maryland Heights
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
The Maryland Heights post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Maryland Heights rank for history?
Maryland Heights is more historic than 6% of U.S. towns, #237 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.
How old are the homes in Maryland Heights?
1% of Maryland Heights’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 8.4% for a Missouri town; the median home was built in 1975.
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 (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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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