Map of Crystal City, Missouri

Crystal City is a city in eastern Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,855 at the 2010 census. It was 4,740 at the 2020 census.

Crystal City and its neighbor Festus are often collectively known as the “Twin Cities”.

Crystal City overview:
Name:	Crystal City
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Missouri
County:	Jefferson County
Incorporated:	1911
Elevation:	440 ft (130 m)
Total Area:	4.52 sq mi (11.71 km²)
Land Area:	4.51 sq mi (11.69 km²)
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²)
Total Population:	4,740
Population Density:	1,049.83/sq mi (405.31/km²)
ZIP code:	63019
Area code:	636
FIPS code:	2917632
GNISfeature ID:	2393684
Website:	http://www.crystalcitymo.org

Online Interactive Map

Crystal City online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

Crystal City was originally called New Detroit. A post office called Crystal City has been in operation since 1872. In the 1860s, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company opened a glass manufacturing plant, which is the origin of the city’s name. Currently, the PPG plant property remains empty and undeveloped. It was purchased by Wings Enterprises in the mid-2000s with the intentions of constructing an iron ore smelter on the property. In the early 2000s, the state of Missouri forced Doe Run Company to purchase 160 homes in Herculaneum after it was found over 56% of children within a quarter-mile (0.4 km) of the plant had high levels of lead in their blood. This prompted greater concern when Crystal City engaged in discussions over building a $1 billion dollar iron-ore smelter on the lands of the abandoned factory.

Crystal City Road Map

Crystal City Satellite Map

Geography

Crystal City is located adjacent to the Mississippi River floodplain to the east and the city of Festus to the west.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.57 square miles (11.84 km), of which 4.56 square miles (11.81 km) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km) is water.