Dutchtown, St. Louis

Dutchtown
Neighborhood of St. Louis
Private residences in Dutchtown, houses of locally made brick
Location (red) of Dutchtown within St. Louis
Country	United States
State	Missouri
City	St. Louis
Wards	9, 13, 15, 20, 25
Area
• Total	1.52 sq mi (3.9 km2)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	15,356
• Density	10,000/sq mi (3,900/km2)
ZIP code(s)	Parts of 63111, 63116, 63118
Area code(s)	314
Website	DutchtownSTL.org

Dutchtown is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. It is called "Dutch" from Deutsch, i.e., "German", as it was the southern center of German-American settlement in St. Louis in the early 19th century.^[2] It was the original site of Concordia Seminary (before it relocated to Clayton, Missouri), Concordia Publishing House, Lutheran Hospital, and other German community organizations. The German Cultural Society still has its headquarters there. St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church towers over the neighborhood and is a symbol of the neighborhood.

While the influence of the German settlers remains, Dutchtown rapidly began to diversify in the 1990s. Half of Dutchtown residents today are Black, and significant numbers of Latinos, Asians, and other immigrants call the neighborhood home as well.

Dutchtown is home to long-standing, locally famous purveyors of sweets: the South Grand location of locally famous chain Ted Drewes frozen custard stand, as well as Merb's Candies and Dad's Cookies.

More recently, a number of resale shops and boutiques have clustered in the Downtown Dutchtown area along Meramec Street between South Grand Boulevard and Compton Avenue.

The 17-acre Marquette Park sits in the center of the neighborhood and features a free public swimming pool, recreation center, playground, tennis courts, a renovated field house, and plenty of green space. Other parks in Dutchtown include Amberg Park at the west end of the neighborhood, and Laclede Park and Minnie Wood Memorial Square to the east.