Edwin L. Dirck was appointed the city's first mayor by then County Executive Gene McNary.

It is governed by a mayor who serves a four-year term and a city council made up of eight members.

[7] Two council-people are elected from each ward to serve on a city council for two-year terms.

[8] The 2020 United States census[11] counted 28,284 people, 11,980 households, and 6,837 families in Maryland Heights.

Maryland Heights is served by Parkway and Pattonville public school districts.

[14] Both school districts have earned "Distinction in Performance" recognition from the Missouri Department of Education.

Edward Jones Investments operates its North Campus office in Maryland Heights.

CMR operates the far eastern segment of the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway's St. Louis to Kansas City main line that was constructed in 1870.

[20] The active portion of the former CRI&P line runs from the north side of St. Louis, where it connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis and Union Pacific Railroad, and now terminates in Union.

Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park is operated by St. Louis County and was a summer resort in the early 1900s.

Visitors will want to be sure to note the "Veterans Memorial Walk," a sidewalk made of bricks imprinted with the names of Maryland Heights residents who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Eise Park is located at the intersection of Glenview Drive and Bourbon Street, near Rose Acres Elementary School.

It contains one pavilion seating about 25 people, a playground, a splash pad play area, several picnic tables with barbecue grills, a walking path, a basketball slab, and restrooms.

It features a 0.7-mile (1.1 km) paved walking trail with fitness stations, a playground, green space, restrooms and a small parking lot.

Westport Plaza is a 700,000+ square foot development featuring dining, entertainment venues, businesses and radio stations.

Westport is located at the intersection of Page Avenue and I-270 in the northwest area of St. Louis County.

Zion Lutheran Church is one of the earliest parts of the community which became Maryland Heights.

It started as a grade school on October 13, 1869,[23] and it became a congregation of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod on January 1, 1883.