
Boone moved to the region after he lost title to his land claims when Kentucky became a state in 1792 after hearing from his son, Daniel M., and other hunters of the great abundance of game and fertile country. Charles County by building a home in nearby Defiance in 1799. Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman, became one of the first settlers in St. The first American settlers began arriving in the 1790's.

On the day this church was dedicated the settlement’s name was changed to San Carlos, shortened from the church’s name to also honor King Charles IV. In 1791 the population of the settlement had grown to around 225 and a second Catholic church was built and dedicated to San Carlos Borromeo, the patron saint of King Charles IV of Spain.

Blanchette named the settlement Les Petit Cotes (The Little Hills) and served as its civil and military Governor until his death in 1793. Charles is the first European settlement along this waterway. Founded in 1769 by Louis Blanchette, a French Canadian fur trader and hunter, as a post along the Missouri River, St. Charles which traces its history to the late 18th century. Charles is one in 52.Situated a short drive northwest of St. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in St. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Charles a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Charles's rate for property crime is 19 per one thousand population.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that St. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants. Charles such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder is 1 in 367. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in St. Charles occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. Charles.įrom our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in St. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in St. Charles does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. Now let us turn to take a look at how St. Charles's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics. Charles with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. Charles compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared St. Charles has a crime rate that is higher than 67% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes. Charles is not one of the safest communities in America. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in St. Charles is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 22 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate.
