Dardenne Prairie, MO

Dardenne Prairie is a St. Charles County city in the western St. Louis metro area. Its name reflects the prairie landscape around Dardenne Creek, which once extended through the area near St. Peters and beyond. Today the city is mostly suburban, with newer neighborhoods, schools, parks, and access to St. Charles Community College nearby. Dardenne Prairie feels like a growing outer-ring community: residential and residential in daily life, but firmly tied to the jobs, shopping, and highways of the expanding St. Louis region.