[5] It was named after A. G. Baker, an engineer with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad.

[6] Baker was built along the transcontinental rail line of the Milwaukee Road near where the railroad created a lake to supply water to its steam locomotives.

The city was known as Lorraine for a brief time before being renamed in honor of Milwaukee Road engineer A.G.

[7] A successful Milwaukee Land Company campaign to attract homesteaders to the area allowed the city to grow and serve a large community of dryland farmers.

Additional growth occurred following the 1912 discovery of oil and natural gas deposits nearby.

[8] In 2014, Baker was described as "a busy, noisy, traffic-jammed, bursting-at-the-seams boomtown on the edge of the oil fields.

"[9] On June 11, 2016, an EF-3 Tornado struck Baker destroying several houses and damaging dozens more, killing multiple horses in the area and injuring six people.

34.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

O'Fallon Historical Museum is home to the world's largest steer.

[14] Baker Public Schools educates students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

[16] The Spartans have won 6 State Football Championships under long time coach Don Schillinger.