Mormon members belong to stakes, districts, and branches in a temple district, like the St. Louis Missouri Temple Temple District, which grows as members join the Church

St. Louis Missouri Temple

Temple District Chronological

Congregations are organized into stakes, districts, and branches, which belong to a temple district. Following are the stakes belonging to the St. Louis Missouri Temple District listed in order of creation.
The St. Louis Missouri Temple serves members from 17 stakes based in Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri:

Kansas City Missouri StakeOctober 21, 1956
St. Louis Missouri StakeJune 1, 1958
Champaign Illinois StakeFebruary 17, 1963
Columbia Missouri StakeApril 19, 1970
Independence Missouri StakeMarch 25, 1971
Springfield Missouri StakeApril 29, 1973
O'Fallon Illinois StakeMarch 14, 1976
Liberty Missouri StakeOctober 14, 1979
St. Louis Missouri South StakeMarch 16, 1980
Cape Girardeau Missouri StakeOctober 20, 1985
Olathe Kansas StakeOctober 19, 1986
St. Louis Missouri North StakeMarch 15, 1987
Lenexa Kansas StakeOctober 16, 1994
Springfield Missouri South StakeMay 21, 1995
Springfield Illinois StakeNovember 24, 1996
St. Robert Missouri StakeMay 18, 1997
St. Louis Missouri TempleDedicated June 1, 1997
Warrensburg Missouri StakeDecember 5, 2004