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Ohio is an unincorporated community in northern St. Clair County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is at the intersection of Missouri routes A and F and south of Cooper Creek. Lowry City is on Missouri Route 13 approximately seven miles to the east and Appleton City is approximately nine miles to the west-northwest on Missouri ...
Jefferson County embarked on a building program following the American Civil War and paid John H. Morse $2000 for the construction of Sandy Creek Covered Bridge in 1872. Six bridges were built that year along the Old Lemay Ferry Road to connect the county seat of Hillsboro to St. Louis County. It was destroyed by high water in 1886, and was ...
In December 2010, these 639 acres (259 ha) became a part of the Missouri Natural Areas System as LaBarque Creek Natural Area. [3] Three adjacent parcels of land totaling a combined 635 acres (257 ha) were added to LCCA, bringing its total area to 1,274 acres (516 ha) and connected it to land that will become Don Robinson State Park to the south ...
Jefferson County is located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area . As of the 2020 census , the population was 226,739, [ 1 ] making it the sixth-most populous county in Missouri.
A post office called Bushberg was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1904. [2] The community derives its name from Isador Bush, the operator of a local plant nursery. [ 3 ]
According to Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri, and most of the descendants of the early settlers, 1735 is the most generally accepted date. Dr. Carl J. Ekberg, in his book, Colonial Ste. Genevieve, suggests that Ste. Genevieve was founded closer to 1750, based on interpretations of early letters, maps, and Catholic Church documents. Ste.
Myron and Sonya Glassberg Family Conservation Area is a 429-acre (1.74 km 2) protected area in northwestern Jefferson County, Missouri. It is south of Eureka and southeast of Pacific . The Glassberg Family Conservation Area is located within the watershed of the Meramec River , primarily in the watershed of LaBarque Creek.
Don Robinson State Park is a public recreation area covering more than 800 acres (320 ha) in Jefferson County, Missouri. [4] Located in the upper LaBarque Creek watershed, the state park's rugged landscape includes sandstone box canyons, shelter caves, cliffs, glades and upland and bottomland forests. The land was bequeathed to the state by ...