Map of Overland city, Missouri

Overland is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 16,062 at the 2010 census.

Overland city overview:
Name:	Overland city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Missouri
County:	St. Louis County
Elevation:	650 ft (200 m)
Total Area:	4.41 sq mi (11.41 km²)
Land Area:	4.39 sq mi (11.37 km²)
Water Area:	0.02 sq mi (0.04 km²)
Total Population:	15,955
Population Density:	3,635.22/sq mi (1,403.53/km²)
FIPS code:	2955550
GNISfeature ID:	2396112
Website:	www.overlandmo.org

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History

The area south of the King’s Road to St. Charles was first settled in the early 1820s, when travelers westward from St. Louis would stop overnight at what became known as “The Overland Park”. Daniel Boone, noted frontiersman, constructed a single room cabin here, near the current location of Lake Sherwood and Wyland Elementary School.

In time, businesses were established and a one-room subscription school, the Buck School, was built in 1846. In 1867, the Ritenour School District was organized. In 1919, the town’s name was shortened to “Overland”, to avoid postal confusion with the city of Overland Park, Kansas.

The town was incorporated as a fourth class city in 1939 with a mayoral-city council government. In the 1990s, the city voters approved a change to a third class city. In 2007, the city voted to move to a mayor-council-administrator form of government. Under this structure, the mayor serves as the chief elected official. The city council serves as the legislative body, and is empowered to pass ordinances and resolutions it deems necessary to the operation of the city. The city administrator is a full-time employee of the city, and executes the day-to-day tasks of operations.

On April 3, 2007, Overland residents voted to recall Mayor Ann Purzner, who had been accused of lying about her career credentials and exceeding her power as mayor. She was temporarily replaced by Alderman Jerry May, and in the August 2007 election, Councilman Mike Schneider was elected mayor.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.38 square miles (11.34 km), of which 4.36 square miles (11.29 km) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km) is water.