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O'Fallon is a city along Interstate 70 and Interstate 64 between Lake St. Louis and St. Peters in St. Charles County, Missouri. It is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census O'Fallon had a population of 79,329, making it the largest municipality in St. Charles County and seventh largest in the state of Missouri.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=United States Census Bureau )〕 In 2006 ''Money Magazine'' named O'Fallon 39th in its "Best 100 Places to Live."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=100 Best Places to Live )〕 ''Money Magazine'' also ranked O'Fallon 68th out of 100 in 2008〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=100 Best Places to Live )〕 and 26th out of 100 in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=100 Best Places to Live )〕 O'Fallon's namesake in St. Clair County, Illinois is also part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. The two O'Fallons are one of the few pairs of same-named municipalities to be part of the same MSA. ==History== After the War of 1812, there was a westward flow of migration through the present-day St. Charles County on the Booneslick Trail (later part of Interstate 70). During the 1830s, many German settlers came to the O'Fallon area inspired by Gottfried Duden's ''Republic of the Western States of North America''. The report was based on his account of living in St. Charles. O'Fallon's history as a city started in the 1850s. Arnold Krekel was a German immigrant who held a number of offices, including U.S. District Court Judge and Missouri state legislator. He founded a German-language newspaper and invested in the North Missouri Railroad, among other activities. Krekel's younger brother Nicholas built the first house in O'Fallon and is considered by many to be the city's founder. The younger Krekel was the town's first postmaster and station agent, and operated the first general merchandise store at his home. The city purchased this historic house in 2008 with plans for restoration after which it will be open to the public. In 1854, Judge Krekel granted the North Missouri Railroad permission to build a depot on his property along with a right-of-way on his "Krekel Addition". In 1856, Judge Krekel named the depot O'Fallon Station after his friend John O'Fallon, the railroad's president and a noted philanthropist. In 1860, the Krekel Addition was renamed O'Fallon, and in 1912, it was incorporated. For many years, O'Fallon was a quiet, small community in central St. Charles County. In the early 1980s suburban development accelerated and a population boom began. O'Fallon's population rose to 18,698 by 1990, and to more than 70,000 by 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「O'Fallon, Missouri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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