A Growing Community with a Lot to OfferA Growing Community with a Lot to Offer
• We've been a stable, family oriented community since 1856
• Revitalized historic downtown retail center. Quaint return to the late 19th century
• Meramec State Park adjoins our city and offers pristine beauty, camping, dining, canoeing, lodging, and a hideaway retreat/convention center
• Central hub location for vacationers. Equal distance to Missouri wine country, Missouri cave country, major canoe streams, Six Flags, area antique centers, area festivals and a convenient lunch break if you're traveling between St. Louis and Branson.
• Sullivan is located on the "Main Street of America", Historic Route 66.
• Home to the Southwest Area Campus of East Central College, top-rated public schools, Catholic grammar school, Christian School, and community college
• Eighty-one bed hospital & emergency room (Missouri Baptist Hospital)
• 2 Community Medical Clinics
• Three shopping centers, Wal-Mart Super Center
• Strong city government and Industrial Development Authority
• Area Chamber of Commerce and Parks and Recreation Department, along with three Industrial Development parks and growing industry
• Great recreation - municipal pool, skating rink, bowling, tennis courts, country club & 18 hole golf course, 120 acres of city parks, state-of-the-art softball complex and soccer fields
• Home of the annual AKC Trials and obedience shows
• Home of the Meramec Community Fair - celebrating their 15th Anniversary in June, 2001
• Regional airport offering 4500 foot runway, private aircraft storage, maintenance and fuel, plus skydiving lessons by national champions
• Home town media - weekly newspaper, an AM/FM radio station and a local Television Station
There's a Lot to Do in Sullivan...
• Visit Fisher Cave in Meramec State Park. You will use hand-held lanterns while you tour the magnificent cave.
• Visit Meramec Caverns, one of Missouri's hottest tourism attractions. They offer daily guided tours.
• Visit Meramec State Park on Highway 185 in Sullivan. You may rent cabins, camp, canoe on the Meramec River, and walk on miles of trails.
• Visit the Antique Toy Museum and Jesse James Museum in nearby Stanton, Mo.
• Visit Onondaga Cave State Park and tour the beautiful cave in nearby Leasburg, Mo.
• Stop to eat at some of Sullivan's fine restaurants: Homer's BBQ for the best hickory and sassafras around; Du Kum Inn for their best chicken dinners; The Meramec State Park Dining Lodge for their Friday night seafood buffet
• Pick up a map of our area and tour the many antique malls and flea markets in Sullivan. There is lots of canoeing, horse riding, and camping right here in the Sullivan area. Six Flags over Mid-America is a 35 mile drive to the east of Sullivan on I-44. Also, St. Louis is just a one hour drive from Sullivan. There you can enjoy shopping, shows and sporting events.
• The Sullivan Airport offers airplane rides and is the home of the world champion, Quantum Leap Skydiving Team. You can get the thrill of your life jumping out of an airplane Friday through Sunday, weather permitting.
• Sullivan offers an indoor 18 hole miniature golf course, batting cages and arcade at Rock Creek Arcade, and a bowling alley and pro shop on the nearby service road. We are also home to a brand new 18 hole golf course at the Sullivan Country Club.
The City of Sullivan, long know as the "Gateway to the Ozarks," is located on Old Highway 66 and the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, 68 miles southwest of St. Louis, at the southern border of Franklin County. The area was founded in the early 1800's, by Stephen Sullivan who with his wife Dorcas accompanied Daniel Boone on his return trip from Kentucky to secure settlers to populate the wild and unbroken territory around the Meramec River. Upon entering the area now known as the Meramec State Park, Boone remarked, "Sullivan, this is the region that I was telling you about. In these hills you will find copper, lead and game in abundance." When the railroad finally reached the small settlement in 1858, a town was laid out that the railroad company appropriately named "Sullivan."
A Brief History...