In 2022-23 the Missouri Historical Society received funding to digitize the atlases on this page.
Atlases digitized in 2022 are denoted by an asterisk (*).
Atlases digitized in 2023 are denoted by two asterisks (**).
This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
For more information, visit www.imls.gov.
To find the city block number for an address in St. Louis city, key the address in the Address and Property Lookup page on the City of St. Louis website. At the bottom of the Basic Info box, the city block number comes right after CB.
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| **1882–1883 | St. Louis Insurance Maps for Blocks 1–1000 | 1–1000 | ||||||||||||||
| **1853–1855 | Survey of Blocks in St. Louis 489–656 | 489–656 | ||||||||||||||
| **1869? | Plat Book of St. Louis and Kirkwood | Specific blocks owned by WB Swan in St. Louis and Kirkwood | ||||||||||||||
| **1882 | Estate of Thomas Allen | Specific blocks owned by Thomas Allen in St. Louis, St. Louis County, twelve other Missouri counties (primarily southeast Missouri), and Bayfield County, WI. | ||||||||||||||
| **1882-1886 | Plats showing location of property and tracks of the Missouri Pacific Railway... in the city of St. Louis | Specific blocks owned by Missouri Pacific Railway: 213, 418, 423, 428, 433, 438-9, 445-6, 450, 452, 456-7, 1674, 1690, 1704, 1707, 2190-93, 2209-10, 2216017, 2231-32, 2235-36, 2247-48, 2252, 2257, 2260, 2272-73, 2284, 2286, 2548-49, 3046-89, 3092, 3122-23, 3149, 3159-70, 3174, 3191 | ||||||||||||||
| 1888–1892** | City block books from 1888 to 1892 (6 volumes). These books display multiple blocks per page. |
Volume 1: Blocks 1-800 Volume 2: Blocks 801-1600 Volume 3: Blocks 1601-2400 Volume 4: Blocks 2401-3268 Volume 5: Blocks 3269-4200 Volume 6: Blocks 4210-5119 |
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| *1876 | 1–5119 |
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| 1940s |
St. Louis city assessor's plat books (43 volumes). Each page references the larger parcels and ordinances from which the block was created. This set is incomplete and not digitized. See detailed block number coverage. |
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| 1980? | Saint Louis County, Missouri, assessor's plat books | St. Louis County, organized by school district. Not digitized on MHS website. |
Block book pages usually show one block, the boundaries of each lot, and the landowners' names.
In this detail of an 1884 map, the area around Lafayette Park has been given block numbers. Blocks 483 and 482 are still shown, but they have been split into east and west, with Dolman between them. Other street names have changed or been added since 1850.
This detail of a map from 1850 shows part of St. Louis when some areas had received official block numbers and others had not. Lafayette Park is on this map (labeled as Public Park). City blocks 483 and 482 are at the lower right, between Park and Chouteau, Gratton and Carondelet (now Truman Parkway and 18th Street).
