The City of High Ridge was first used by humans 10,000 years ago. High Ridge proved to be a great source of flint and chert, which is know to be very abundant in High Ridge, due to the Burlington formation being exposed. Quarries remain at nearby Crescent. It appears to be used as a hunting, not residential area. Citizens of the Ridge found and Clovis point arrowhead on the Saline arm of High Ridge in 1978.(Cf:newspaper morgue: Meramec Community Press.) Citizens settled Fenton in 1790 and shortly after that citizens started recognizing this area a great place to settle and discovered House Springs, MO in 1790. It wasn’t until 1848 that High Ridge, MO was settled and it was settled by a gentleman named Thomas Maddox. He settled on what is now known as High Ridge Boulevard. The post office originally was named Tallow Hill and was later changed to High Ridge post office in 1861. This made the area a great stop over for the nigh during any travel people made. The main demographic that settled this area were northern European Americans: or Germans, English and Irish. (cf: Along Old Gravois by Della Lang and the community library association, 120 pp. 1983.)

As a resident of High Ridge I will take a look at the type of residents live in High Ridge and see what type of people are living in this wonderful city. High Ridge, MO is a very small city in Jefferson County, MO, being small mileage wise doesn’t show by the population count. This population census continues to rise with new communities continuing to be built and people continue to move to this area. The city of High Ridge in the year 2010, the last reported population census was a reported 4,305. This count increased by sixty nine persons since the year 2000. (2010) In the 2010 census the census shows a great increase in other nationalities and shows a great increase in diversity. When breaking down the different statistics of the census, there have been increases and decreases in different parts of the census. When comparing the census for the population of woman vs. men in High Ridge, we can see that there are more woman in High Ridge but the number of men from the year 2000 to 2010 has continued to increase and more rapidly than the population of woman. Another key area of this population statistic is the increasing or decreasing numbers of the different age groups in High Ridge. The census shows that High Ridge showed a larger increase in population among citizens of the age sixty five or older. One unsettling consensus report shows that there has been a very large decrease in citizens of the age of five to seventeen. When we compare this to the increase in people of the older generation, this makes you wonder what could be causing this. Are more people of the younger age deciding to move to other areas? With all these citizens both young and old, High Ridge has put a lot of resources into having a very good fire department and the appropriate authority with the Jefferson County Police Department to keep the citizens as safe as possible. High Ridge has done a great job in keeping our roads safe to drive and with a lot of non-profit organizations in our city; they are able to make sure the citizens that are less fortunate than others have what they need in times of need.

References www.city-data.com/city/High-Ridge-Missouri.html Cf:newspaper morgue: Meramec Community Press.)