{"id":35185,"count":1,"description":"Festus is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 11,367 at the 2009 estimated census. Festus and its neighbor Crystal City are often collectively known as the \"Twin Cities\"; however, they are incorporated separately.\nFestus is located at 38\u00b013\u203210\u2033N 90\u00b024\u20323\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff38.21944\u00b0N 90.40083\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 38.21944; -90.40083 (38.219490, -90.400936).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12\u00a0km), all of it land.\nThe first settler in the area was Charley Conners, who built a log cabin in 1803.\nFestus was settled shortly after the establishment of New Detroit (later Crystal City), which was a dry company town. Initially established around 1878 by W. J. Adams as Limitville, it was nicknamed \"Tanglefoot\" because several of its first businesses were saloons. As incorporation was discussed, a more dignified name was sought. Town legend claims the name was chosen by a church ceremony where a Bible was opened blindly and the...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/festus\/","name":"Festus","slug":"festus","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/35185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=35185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}