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This separation of city and county affects where public records of interest to genealogists are housed after 1876. While the split actually occurred in 1876, it was 1877 before parallel record keeping systems-one for the city and one for the county-existed. If you are looking for a public record in St. Louis, it is helpful to first determine if ...
Oct 3, 2023 · While the concept of “home rule” originally allowed St. Louis City to separate from the county, by 1945 it had been extended to cities with a minimum of five thousand residents–and counties meeting a certain minimum assessed property value. This split eventually became a tool to keep Black individuals away from specific areas.
May 4, 2010 · On August 22, 1876, in what was undoubtedly the stupidest move ever in the history of St. Louis, St. Louis City and St. Louis County decided to separate. Like the American Revolution, the great ...
- Aimee Levitt
Apr 22, 2011 · St. Louis city and county split in 1876 in what has come to be called “The Great Divorce.”. There have been several efforts to reunite the two, but voters, whether in the city or the county, have rejected them time and again. In the last year there’s been renewed talk of St. Louis re-entering the county, but leaders in the city and county ...
Aug 22, 2022 · BY TIM O'NEIL. ST. LOUIS • On Aug. 22, 1876, voters in St. Louis and St. Louis County went to the polls to decide the region's most fateful ballot question - the "Great Divorce," or whether to ...
May 3, 2010 · The mere mention of the St. Louis City, St. Louis County split, possible merger or re-joining elicits powerful responses in the St. Louis region. Joe provides an excellent overview of the history between St. Louis City and St. Louis County and why it's important to our future. Joe is a Junior at Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis. This article is a paper written for an AP ...
Oct 4, 2013 · The city of St. Louis is, for all political purposes, a county as well as a city, and has been such since the adoption of the Scheme and Charter in 1876. It is the existence in the city of St. Louis of the powers of a county, and its character as a political subdivision of the state, which makes it unique among the cities of the United States.
