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Press Inquiries: All press inquiries should be directed to the City’s Public Information Officer, Beth von Behren, at 314-822-5894, or by email: vonbehen@kirkwoodmo.org.
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Press Releases - 2016:
Tree Inventory 2nd Phase Done
Favorite Building Awards 2016
Alfred Substation Ribbon-Cutting
CMAQ Grant - Traffic Lights
Fire Department Joins STARS Program
Press Releases - 2015:
Fire EMS Sales Tax Approved By Council
Route 66 Festival Featuring the Great Race Comes to Kirkwood!
Kirkwood Electric Wins RP3 Award for Third Consecutive Period
Favorite Building Awards 2015
Community Day at Fillmore Park 2015
For older, archived press releases, please contact the Public Information Officer at vonbehen@kirkwoodmo.org.
History and Demographics
Kirkwood, Missouri, was founded in 1853 and today occupies nine square miles, with a population of 27,324 (per the 2000 Census). Located in Southwestern St. Louis County, Kirkwood boasts high property values, quality public and private schools, safe neighborhoods and exceptional City services. Kirkwood is home to more than 300 acres of park land, from a large central park that includes an aquatic center, ice rink, outdoor amphitheater, ball fields, tennis courts, picnic sites, and playground areas, to smaller neighborhood parks as well as the historic Quinette Cemetery, believed to be the oldest African-American cemetery west of the Mississippi.
As the first planned suburb west of the Mississippi River, Kirkwood was an early suburban commuter railroad community, named after James Pugh Kirkwood, the engineer in charge of locating, surveying and building the railroad. The City is home to the beautiful, historic Kirkwood Train Station, located in the heart of downtown. Built in 1893, the train station is on the National Register of Historic Places, was purchased by the City in 2003, and is staffed entirely by volunteers. For more information about the station and Amtrak passenger travel through Kirkwood, visit the Train Station page.