Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Sappington, MO

Sappington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southwest St. Louis County — it has no city government of its own despite being home to nearly 8,000 people.

Sappington takes its name from a Kentucky pioneer family: after Daniel Boone promoted Missouri land back in Kentucky, John and Jemima Sappington sent two sons and a son-in-law to scout the area in 1804.

The Sappington party bought 1,920 acres — three full square miles, more land than the present-day CDP covers — and the rest of the family arrived the following year in 1805.

The brick house of original settler Thomas Sappington still stands today and is preserved as the Thomas Sappington House Museum, maintained by the neighboring City of Crestwood.

Sappington had 7,995 residents at the 2020 census, up from 7,580 in 2010 and 7,287 in 2000, making it a rare inner suburb that has grown in every recent census.

The community's roughly 3,500 households sit in about 2.4 square miles under ZIP codes 63126 and 63128, straddling Concord, Gravois, and Tesson Ferry townships.

Sappington skews older than most suburbs — the median age was 44.2 years at the 2020 census, and nearly a quarter of residents were 65 or older.

Lindbergh High School, the flagship of the Lindbergh Schools district, is located in Sappington, along with Sperreng Middle School and Concord Elementary School.

Descendants of the original Sappington settlers spread out to populate much of what is now Crestwood and Sunset Hills as well.