City profile · Small Town
Festus, Missouri
Reviewed Oct 14, 2026Who leads Festus, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Sam Richards
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 9,660
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 14, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 14, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcefestusmo.gov/242/Mayor ↗
- Official leadership pagefestusmo.gov/244/City-Council ↗
- City websitefestusmo.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Sam Richards CurrentMayor · added Oct 14, 2026 · verified Oct 14, 2026
- Dennis Eckenberg FormerMayor · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
- Oct 14, 2026 · Accepted by reviewerDennis Eckenberg replaced by Sam Richards, MayorSource: festusmo.gov/242/Mayor ↗
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 9,660
- Median household income
- $65,942
- Median age
- 37
- Land area
- 5.9 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,637.3 per sq mi
- County
- Jefferson County
- Metro area
- St. Louis, MO-IL
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$34M
- City hall phone
- (636) 937-4694
- Official website
- festusmo.gov ↗
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