Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Foristell, MO

Foristell is a small city straddling St. Charles and Warren counties in Missouri, about 43 miles west of St. Louis along the Interstate 70 corridor.

Foristell began in 1856 under the name Millville, when its first homes and a railroad were built, and Millville got its first post office in 1858.

The town officially changed its name to Foristell in 1875, honoring Pierre Foristell, an Irish immigrant who became a large local landowner, tobacco farmer and cattle rancher.

Foristell grew rapidly during the Civil War era, when both a mill and a tobacco factory were established in the community.

Foristell was incorporated as a village in 1979, and just nine years later its residents voted to become a fourth-class city, a change that took effect in 1989.

Foristell had 550 residents at the 2020 census, up from 505 in 2010 — and more than triple its 1990 count of 144, as St. Charles County growth pushes steadily west.

At the 2010 census, Foristell's 505 residents lived in 192 households.

Foristell spreads its few hundred residents across 5.62 square miles, an unusually large and low-density footprint for a St. Charles County community.

The largest park in the St. Charles County parks system lies within Foristell's city limits.

Foristell students are split between two districts — the Wentzville School District and the Wright City School District.