St. Albans is an unincorporated community in northeastern Franklin County, Missouri, United States. [1] It lies approximately five miles northeast of Labadie and about seven miles west of Wildwood. St. Albans is above the Missouri River floodplain. The town borders a small section of St. Charles County which, unlike the rest of the county, lies on the south side of the Missouri River. [2]
St. Albans was founded in 1837. [3] It was named after St Albans, England. [4]
The St. Albans General Store and St. Albans Farms Stone Barn are on the National Register of Historic Places, as is Tavern Cave. [5] The Lewis and Clark Expedition visited that cave and Meriwether Lewis nearly lost his life when slipping down the bluffs here. The expedition journals mention a whirlpool in the river,[ citation needed] the Devil's Raceground, which is now dry land, due to a change in the course of the river: it is the portion of St. Charles County anomalously on the south side of the river.
St. Albans was home to The Fulton School at St. Albans, an independent, not-for-profit, private Montessori school serving students from 18 months of age through 12th grade.[ citation needed]
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (
link)
38°34′45″N 90°46′30″W / 38.57917°N 90.77500°W
St. Albans is an unincorporated community in northeastern Franklin County, Missouri, United States. [1] It lies approximately five miles northeast of Labadie and about seven miles west of Wildwood. St. Albans is above the Missouri River floodplain. The town borders a small section of St. Charles County which, unlike the rest of the county, lies on the south side of the Missouri River. [2]
St. Albans was founded in 1837. [3] It was named after St Albans, England. [4]
The St. Albans General Store and St. Albans Farms Stone Barn are on the National Register of Historic Places, as is Tavern Cave. [5] The Lewis and Clark Expedition visited that cave and Meriwether Lewis nearly lost his life when slipping down the bluffs here. The expedition journals mention a whirlpool in the river,[ citation needed] the Devil's Raceground, which is now dry land, due to a change in the course of the river: it is the portion of St. Charles County anomalously on the south side of the river.
St. Albans was home to The Fulton School at St. Albans, an independent, not-for-profit, private Montessori school serving students from 18 months of age through 12th grade.[ citation needed]
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (
link)
38°34′45″N 90°46′30″W / 38.57917°N 90.77500°W