Shrewsbury is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 6,254 at the 2010 census.

Shrewsbury was officially platted in 1889. The house which became Shrewsbury originally belonged to Gregorie Sarpy and Charles Gratiot; by 1890, it was on bad terms into farms and sold to families. The Place now known as Shrewsbury was a 278-acre (1.13 km) farm owned by General John Murdoch. The Murdoch farm was called Shrewsbury Park, named after a town in England.

In 1913, concerned resident Joseph Burge organized the Shrewsbury Improvement Association to enlarge Shrewsbury and fabricate its first sewer system. Shrewsbury was incorporated and became a village in 1913; shortly thereafter a sanitation system was established, reducing water-borne diseases prevalent at the time.

In 1938, the United States giving out offered financial aid to the city of Shrewsbury, and house was acquired for the construction of a supplementary city hall replacing the 1912 original. The supplementary City Hall building was completed in October 1938. Shrewsbury’s new ember engine home and state-of-the-art equipment were dedicated in 1947; it was during this period that the Shrewsbury Garden Club was formed to maintain the beautiful trees and flowers throughout the city. The upfront 1950s were marked by the improvement of the public bus routes to be muggy to Shrewsbury to St. Louis. The 1960s and ’70s were period of great community growth, noted by the construction of city parks, a municipal pool, and Interstate 44.