Creve Coeur, MO Homes for Sale

Creve Coeur is a city in west-central St. Louis County, incorporated in 1949. It covers about 10.3 square miles, and its main ZIP code is 63141. The name is French for "broken heart" and comes from nearby Creve Coeur Lake. City offices are at 300 N. New Ballas Road.

Parks and landmarks

• Millennium Park (2 Barnes West Drive, just south of Olive Boulevard) covers 25 acres. It has a large playground, a seasonal splash pad, two pavilions, a 0.6-mile paved walking trail, soccer and softball/baseball fields, and hosts the city's Summer Concert Series.

• The Tappmeyer Homestead, an Italianate farmhouse built from 1880 to 1884 on Olive Street Road, was moved to Millennium Park in 2003. Its restored first floor opens for exhibits and tours on scheduled summer Sundays and concert nights.

• Malcolm Terrace Park (11370 St. Paul Street) has 25 wooded acres with about a mile and a half of nature trails, a playground, a sand volleyball court and Serenity Grove, a planted area with a rock creek.

• Conway Park (12301 Conway Road, just west of I-270) has a one-mile walking path around a pond, native plantings, tennis and pickleball courts, and a fenced 2.5-acre dog park for registered members.

• Dr. H. Phillip Venable Memorial Park (10630 Country View Drive) has a half-mile paved trail, three tennis courts, a soccer field and two playgrounds.

• Lake School Park (581 Coeur De Ville Road) has a soccer field and three lighted tennis courts. LaVerne Collins Park sits at Spoede Road and Olive Boulevard.

• The Dielmann Recreation Complex (11400 Olde Cabin Road) is home to the year-round indoor Creve Coeur Ice Arena and the nine-hole municipal Creve Coeur Golf Course.

• Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park, the 2,145-acre St. Louis County park whose lake gave the city its name, is just to the north in Maryland Heights.

Health care: Mercy Hospital St. Louis is at 615 S. New Ballas Road.

Schools: The western part of Creve Coeur is in the Parkway School District and the eastern part is in the Ladue School District. A northeast section falls in the Pattonville School District. Boundaries vary by street, so confirm the district for any specific address.

Getting around: I-270 runs north-south through Creve Coeur and crosses Olive Boulevard (Missouri Route 340), the city's main east-west corridor. Lindbergh Boulevard (US 67), New Ballas Road and Mason Road are other main roads. St. Louis Lambert International Airport is about 11 miles away.

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Photo: "Creve Coeur Lake Sunset" by Gjmviii, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons