Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 17,842 (Change since 1990: +11.3%)
• Created: October 1, 1812
• County seat: Ste. Genevieve
• Largest town: Ste. Genevieve (Pop. 4,476)
• Name origin: Sainte Genevieve

Populated Places

• Avon (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Patterson
  • Located at the end of Route MM southwest of Coffman
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'05" N, 90°13'24" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 11
  • Civil township: Saline
  • School district: Farmington R-7
  • USGS Quad: Coffman
  • Maps: 1845 Meyer (Patterson), 1854 (Patterson), 1855, 1857 Colton (Avon and Patterson), 1861, 1897 Galbraith, 1904 McNally, and 1944
• Bloomsdale (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 419 (Change since 1990: +18.7%)
  • Located near intersections of I-55, US 61, and Route Y
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°00'57" N, 90°13'42" W
  • Name origin: Father Blume
• Bolivia (Historical)
  • Previously known as: Bolivar
  • Located somewhere near Avon
  • Maps: 1841, 1847, 1857 Colton, and 1872
• Bowling (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Bowling Brook
  • Located somewhere northwest of Avon
• Brickeys (Unincorporated)
  • Located at end of Brickeys Road on the Mississippi River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°05'04" N, 90°12'38" W
  • Survey: T. 39 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 13
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Bloomsdale
  • Maps: DeLorme Missouri and MoDOT
• Chestnut Ridge (Historical)
  • Located on MO 32 between the St. Francois County line and the intersection with Route AA
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°47'53" N, 90°20'11" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 26
  • Elevation: 1007
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Sprott (Shows Chestnut Ridge School and Cemetery)
  • Maps: 1872, 1873, and 1878
• Clardy (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of Cliff
  • Post office: ca.1886-1889
  • Maps: 1886 and 1889 Polk
• Clearwater (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Ulam
  • Located on Route WW southeast of Coffman
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'56" N, 90°08'18" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 560
  • Civil township: Saline
  • School district: Farmington R-7
  • USGS Quad: Coffman
  • Maps: 1895 McNally (Ulam), 1904 McNally (Ulam), 1959 McNally (Cleawater), and MoDOT
• Clement (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Establishment
  • Located near the end of Clement Road northeast of Bloomsdale
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°03'25" N, 90°09'55" W
  • Elevation: 396
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Bloomsdale
• Cliff (Historical)
  • Located along the Mississippi River near Brickeys
  • Map: 1916
• Coffman (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route F, Route WW, and Route B
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°47'04" N, 90°11'39" W
  • Civil township: Saline
  • School district: Farmington R-7
  • USGS Quad: Coffman
  • Map: 1878
• Copper Mine (Historical)
  • Located on Copper Mines Road west of Route B
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°54'13" N, 90°08'47" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 15, 16, 22
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Weingarten (Shows cluster of mine shafts)
• Eads (Historical)
  • Located between Coffman and Minnith
  • Station on Saline Valley railroad
• Grants Hill (Historical)
  • Located somewhere to the south of Lawrenceton
  • Map: 1880
• Hicks (Historical)
  • Located between St. Mary and Ste. Genevieve along US 61 just north of the bridge over River Aux Vases
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°55'21" N, 89°59'43" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 12
  • Elevation: 375
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • USGS Quad: Kaskaskia (Not shown)
  • Point on the St. Louis and Memphis Line
  • Maps: 1920 Clason and MoDOT
• Jonca (Historical)
  • Located near MO 32 southwest of Millers between the North and South Forks of Jonca Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°50'14" N, 90°17'56" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 7
  • Elevation: 900
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Sprott (Not listed, but does show Jonca Creek)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Kehl (Historical)
  • Located somewhere northwest of Ste. Genevieve
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°59'53" N, 90°06'28" W
  • Elevation: 609
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • USGS Quad: Sainte Genevieve (Not shown)
• Kinsey (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Kinsey Road south of Route DD
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°01'52" N, 90°17'60" W
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Danby (Not shown)
  • Map: 1916
• Lawrenceton (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Punjaub
  • Located on Route Y west of Bloomsdale
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°57'54" N, 90°18'18" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 31
  • Elevation: 561
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Lawrenceton
  • Maps: 1866 (Punjaub), 1878 (Punjaub), 1886, and 1916
• Little Rock (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Thomure
  • Located northwest of Ste. Genevieve along the Mississippi River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°00'18" N, 90°03'36" W
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • USGS Quad: Prairie du Rocher (Shows Thomure and Little Rock Landing)
  • Station on the Frisco St. Louis and Memphis Line between White Sand and Ste. Genevieve
  • Maps: 1862, 1866 (Little Rock), 1904 McNally (Little Rock Landing), 1920 Clason, 1928 Frisco, and MoDOT (Thomure)
• Marlo (Historical)
  • Located between Mosher and Zell on Lime Kiln Road
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°56'59" N, 90°06'49" W
  • Survey: Spanish Land Grant #2081
  • Elevation: 590
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • USGS Quad: Sainte Genevieve
  • Map: MoDOT
• McDaniels (Historical)
  • Located southwest of Coffman
  • Station on Saline Valley Line between Ste. Williams and Coffman
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Mill (Historical)
  • Located somewhere northwest of Sprott
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°53'22" N, 90°20'48" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 960
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Lawrenceton (Not shown)
  • Map: 1886
• Millers (Historical)
  • Millers was the name of the railroad switch, Ponca was the name of the post office
  • Previously known as: Ponca
  • Alternate name: Millers Switch
  • Located near the intersection of MO 32 and MO 144
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°51'38" N, 90°16'13" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 4
  • Elevation: 894
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Sprott
  • Post office: 1910-1915 (Ponca)
  • Map: MoDOT
• Minnith (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route N and Saline Creek Road
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°47'53" N, 90°02'60" W
  • Elevation: 437
  • Civil township: Beauvais
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Minnith
  • Station on Saline Valley Railroad
  • Maps: 1878, 1889 Polk, and 1920 Clason
• Mosher (Unincorporated)
  • Located southwest of Ste. Genevieve on Lime Kiln Road
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°58'16" N, 90°04'36" W
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Sainte Genevieve
  • Station on Missouri-Illinois Line
  • Map: MoDOT
• Nations Mill (Historical)
  • Located somewhere northeast of Womack, possibly along or near Route W
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'47" N, 90°08'36" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 679
  • Civil township: Saline
  • USGS Quad: Womack (Not shown)
• Needmore (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Brickeys Road east of US 61
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°04'18" N, 90°14'18" W
  • Survey: T. 39 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 782
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Bloomsdale
• New Bourbon (Historical)
  • Located on US 61 south of Ste. Genevieve
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°56'59" N, 90°01'15" W
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • USGS Quad: Sainte Genevieve
  • Founded: 1793 by Pierre Charles de Hault de Lassus de Luzière
  • Maps: 1862 Colton and 1865
• New Bremen (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of St. Mary
  • Maps: 1862, 1866, 1872, and 1873
• New Offenburg (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: New Offenburgh
  • Located on MO 32 east of Route O intersection
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°54'31" N, 90°11'50" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 18
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Weingarten
• Ozora (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route N just south of I-55 Exit 143
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°51'52" N, 90°02'04" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 34
  • Elevation: 550
  • Civil township: Beauvais
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Minnith
• Pickel (Historical)
  • Located somewhere south of Sprott along Route AA
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°47'47" N, 90°17'12" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 29
  • Elevation: 1040
  • Civil township: Saline
  • USGS Quad: Sprott (Not shown)
• Plank Road (Historical)
  • Located somewhere southwest of Ste. Genevieve
  • Maps: 1862, 1865, and 1866
• Quarry Town (Historical)
  • Located south of Ste. Genevieve near the US 61 bridge over River Aux Vases
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°55'47" N, 90°00'09" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 390
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • USGS Quad: Sainte Genevieve
  • Map: 1880
• River aux Vases (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Staabtown
  • Located on Route B north of Route P intersection
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°52'20" N, 90°06'46" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 35
  • Civil township: Beauvais
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Minnith
  • Maps: 1878 and MoDOT
• Rocky Ridge (Unincorporated)
  • Rocky Ridge, formerly a village, disincorporated on June 8, 1993. The population in 1990 was 362.
  • Alternate name: Rocky Ridge Ranch
  • Population: 362 (1990 census)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°55'49" N, 90°14'18" W
  • Survey: Survey #884 (T. 37 N., R. 7 E.)
  • Elevation: 700
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Weingarten (Labeled Rocky Ridge Ranch)
• Rolf (Historical)
  • Located northwest of Kinsey near the Jefferson Co. line
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Sprott (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route EE northeast of Farmington
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°51'50" N, 90°19'42" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 1052
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Farmington R-7
  • USGS Quad: Sprott
  • Station on the Missouri-Illinois Line
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 68)
• St. Mary (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 377 (Change since 1990: -18.2%)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°52'34" N, 89°56'56" W
• Ste. Genevieve (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 4,476 (Change since 1990: +1.5%)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°58'37" N, 90°02'55" W
  • Name origin: Sainte Genevieve
  • Founded: between 1735 and 1750
  • Post office: 1805 - Now
  • Includes: St. Jude Acres
• Thurman (Historical)
  • Located on Route C south of French Village near the St. Francois County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°55'17" N, 90°23'04" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 17
  • Elevation: 880
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: French Village (Benchmark shown)
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1920 Clason
• Valley View (Unincorporated)
  • Located in the vicinity of the I-55/Route DD/Route OO interchange
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°03'07" N, 90°16'32" W
  • Survey: T. 39 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 33
  • Elevation: 640
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Danby
  • Map: MoDOT
• Weingarten (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 32 between Route O and Route C
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°53'15" N, 90°12'52" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 24-25
  • Elevation: 833
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Weingarten
• White Sand (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Whitesand
  • Located on the Mississippi River east of Bloomsdale at the end of White Sands Road
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°01'08" N, 90°06'54" W
  • Elevation: 420
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • USGS Quad: Prairie du Rocher
  • Maps: 1916 and 1920 Clason
• Womack (Unincorporated)
  • Located on the short section of Route T within Ste. Genevieve County
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°40'52" N, 90°11'47" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 6
  • Civil township: Saline
  • School district: Farmington R-7
  • USGS Quad: Womack
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 68)
• Zell (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route A between I-55 Exit 150 and US 61
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°57'09" N, 90°08'34" W
  • Elevation: 614
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • School district: Ste. Genevieve County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Weingarten
  • Map: MoDOT
• Zell Station (Historical)
  • Located just southwest of Zell along MO 32
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°56'17" N, 90°08'23" W
  • Elevation: 634
  • Civil township: Ste. Genevieve
  • USGS Quad: Weingarten (Benchmark shown)
  • Station on Missouri-Illinois Line
  • Map: MoDOT

History

Name origin

Named for the city of Ste. Genevieve, which was named after Sainte Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, France.

Demographics