Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Pevely, MO

Pevely is a city in eastern Jefferson County along the Mississippi River, about 30 miles south of St. Louis.

Pevely was laid out in 1860 by Judge Charles Rankin along the newly built Missouri Pacific Railroad, and it was first called Pevely Springs before the name was shortened to Pevely.

Pevely's post office has been in operation since 1858, two years before the town itself was platted.

Pevely was not incorporated until 1953, nearly a century after it was founded.

For its first century Pevely was a small farming community and a major supplier of dairy products, with important vineyards along the Mississippi River.

Pevely exploded in the 1970s, jumping from just 517 residents in 1970 to 2,732 in 1980, an increase of more than 400% in a single decade.

Pevely had a population of 6,026 at the 2020 census, the highest in its history.

Pevely has 2,354 households, according to the 2020 census, and its median age is a relatively young 35.4 years.

Pevely is home to I-55 Raceway, a high-banked one-third-mile dirt oval that hosts World of Outlaws sprint car races, including the Ironman 55, and a round of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals.

Pevely students are served by the Dunklin R-V School District, whose sports teams are the Herculaneum Blackcats.