The City of Ste. Genevieve's mission is to provide, protect, and deliver top quality public service in preservation, utilities, historic conservation and visitor experience. We go about that by utilizing the tools, software and training to bring top notch service to our residents and visitors.
Take the opportunity to view the VisitSteGen.com website where you will find places to explore, things to do, as well as where to stay, dine, and shop.
Founded in 1735, Ste. Genevieve is the oldest permanent European settlement in the State of Missouri. It was founded originally by resident French Canadians and migrants coming across the Mississippi river from southern Illinois. To our north St. Louis was founded in 1764 by Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau. Ste. Genevieve's Historic District contains 29 types of architecture, with some 78% of these buildings contributing significantly to the area's historic past in our nation's history. Some of these buildings date back to the late 1700's. To give you a timeline, Missouri was admitted to the union as slave state by the Missouri Compromise on August 10, 1821. At the same time, Maine was admitted as a free state to keep the balance of slave states and free states equal in the Union.