Saint Francois Township, Madison County, Missouri

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Saint Francois Township is an inactive township in Madison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

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Madison County, Missouri county in Missouri, United States

Madison County is a county located in the Lead Belt region of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,226. Its county seat and largest city is Fredericktown. The county was officially organized on December 14, 1818, and was named after President James Madison.

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Saint Francois Township was established in 1845, taking its name from a variant name of the St. Francis River. [2]

St. Francis River river in the United States of America

The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about 426 miles (686 km) long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along the western side of the Missouri Bootheel.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Francois Township, Madison County, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Madison County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

Coordinates: 37°30′29″N90°24′28″W / 37.5081°N 90.4078°W / 37.5081; -90.4078

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