The town became a community of mostly low-income housing, and a small population (1,240) lived in Times Beach by 1970. In its early years, the town was primarily a summer resort, but the Great Depression combined with gasoline rationing during World War II reduced the feasibility of summer homes. A purchase of a 20 × 100 ft (6 by 30 m) lot for $67.50 included a six-month newspaper subscription. Times Beach was founded in 1925 on the flood plain of the Meramec River, southwest of the river, in a promotion by the now-defunct St. In 2001, the EPA removed Times Beach from its Superfund list. Route 66-the famous highway that stretched from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, and passed by the community on its southern end-as well as the history of the Times Beach area.

The site of Times Beach now houses a 419-acre (170 ha) state park commemorating U.S. In 1985, the State of Missouri officially disincorporated the city of Times Beach. Once home to more than two thousand people, the town was completely evacuated early in 1983 due to TCDD (a type of dioxin) contamination, formerly the largest civilian exposure to the compound in the history of the United States. Louis County, Missouri, United States, 17 miles (27 km) southwest of St. Today, it seems that the purpose of these nearly forgotten symbols is to stand in quiet testament to prove a community once existed.Times Beach is a ghost town in St. Old mailboxes with their former house numbers still legible can be found standing along the now abandoned streets. Remnants of old houses and fence posts can be seen littering vacant lots.

Main Street along with a few other roads are still marked by street signs but have fallen into disrepair. Today very little remains of the Town of Allenton.

The City of Eureka used Emanate Domain to force residents out of their homes and sold the property to a private real estate investment company to build a thousand acre housing development. Louis County and the City of Eureka claimed that the former community didn't generate enough tax revenue to justify its existence. Louis County allowed the City of Eureka to annex the dying community. Louis County declared the Town of Allenton blighted, and in 1985 St. Economic shifts forced Allenton to become a community of mainly low-income housing. Once a thriving community, Allenton started to decline as the area surrounding the town began to develop. Allenton founded in 1890, was a small railroad community located along the Old Route 66 Highway.

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