Spanish Lake (Missouri)

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Spanish Lake
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Spanish Lake
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Spanish Lake
Location St. Louis County, Missouri
Coordinates 38°47′49″N90°12′14″W / 38.797°N 90.204°W / 38.797; -90.204
Type lake
Basin  countries United States
Surface elevation489 feet (149 m)

Spanish Lake is a lake located in unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

Spanish Lake was named because the Spanish Governor Zénon Trudeau used it as a place of rest and retirement. [2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spanish Lake
  2. ↑ "St. Louis County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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