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Creve Coeur Real Estate - Creve Coeur MLSA progressive area in suburban west St. Louis County that was formerly a farming community Creve Coeur strives to keep its history alive. It is a thriving community with a balance of business and residential which makes it a great place to live and work. The name in French translates as Broken Heart although it is a town whose name is steeped in legend. One tale tells of an Indian princess named Memetonwish, whose unrequited love for a French trapper led to tragedy. Heartbroken, the Indian princess is said to have thrown herself from a ledge overlooking Creve Coeur Lake, which then reshaped itself in the form of a broken heart. Another story attributes the name to a French woman who settled in the area with her husband and detailed her unhappiness in a letter to a friend, and upon penning her return address, she simply signed ‘Creve Coeur.’ Another story states that Dutch settlers constructed a fort, which they named ‘Creve Coeur,’ to warn the French they would be broken hearted should they invade. Lastly the name may also be attributed to a flood, which gave the lake its name due to the heartache it caused. Creve Coeur became a popular location for German settlers in the early 1800's and although they continued to speak German they left the French Name in tact. Officially Creve Coeur became a city in 1949 with a population of 1,878 and has grown to nearly 17,000 residents. Much of the city was built 1970 to accommodate the migration of residents to get away from the larger city of St. Louis however there are more than a dozen century old homes which attest to the staying power and steady growth of this modern community. This steady growth has provided excellent infrastructure including accredited public school districts with modern facilities and multiple Elementary, Middle, and High Schools.
The Community of Creve CoeurResidents enjoy the state of the art community center and aquatic center, public golfing, parks with lakes, game fields and tennis courts, and low crime rate. The location provides for quick access to most major metro area highways such as I-44, I-270, and I-64/Highway 40. Commuting time averages 30 minutes to downtown St. Louis and about 25 minutes to Lambert International airport and its central location would provide that a 30 minute drive would reach most of the St. Louis Metro area.
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