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The Salt River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in eastern Missouri in the United States. The river is approximately 55 miles (89 km) long and drains an area of 2,518 sq mi (6,520 km 2) in parts of twelve Missouri counties. [4] It rises at the confluence of the North, Middle, and South Forks in Monroe County. [5]
The Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site is a Missouri State Historic Site in Monroe County, Missouri. The covered bridge is a Burr-arch truss structure built in 1871 over the Elk Fork of the Salt River. It was almost lost to neglect in the 1960s, but was added to the state park system in 1967, the same year it was damaged by a flood.
Location of Monroe County in Missouri. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Missouri. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for ...
Satellite photography of Mark Twain Lake. Mark Twain Lake is a reservoir located in Ralls and Monroe Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.It was created by the Clarence Cannon Dam (formerly called Joanna Dam) impounding the Salt River and is located about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Hannibal.
The county was organized January 6, 1831 [3] and named for James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. [4]Monroe County was one of several along the Missouri River settled by migrants from the Upper South, especially Kentucky and Tennessee.
Big Branch is a stream in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Middle Fork Salt River. Despite its name, Big Branch is relatively smaller than other nearby streams. [2]
The site occupies a high hilltop approximately 1,500 feet (460 m) north of the original Salt River bed. Composed of seven large mounds, the entire group covers an area nearly 500 feet (150 m) long, [ 2 ] in and around the Crigler Cemetery north of the village of Florida ; [ 3 ] six are made solely of earth, while one includes substantial rocky ...
Turkey Creek (also called Turkey Branch) is a stream in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Elk Fork Salt River. Turkey Creek was so named on account of wild turkeys near its course. [2]