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Ste. Genevieve (French: Sainte-Geneviève [sɛ̃t ʒənvjɛv]) is a city in Ste. Genevieve Township and is the county seat of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. [5] The population was 4,999 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ]
Ste. Genevieve County is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River approximately 60 miles (97 km) south of St. Louis. Ste. Genevieve is the principal town and the county seat of Ste. Genevieve County with a population of around 5,000 people. Ste. Genevieve was the first permanent civilized settlement in Missouri.
Those who want to go to Ste. Genevieve can take US 67 Bus. through Park Hills to US 67, to Farmington, then take Route 32 to Ste. Genevieve. There have supposedly [clarification needed] been plans to extend Route 8 to Ste. Genevieve. So far, those plans have not been put into effect.
Ste. Genevieve Township is located in the eastern portion of Ste. Genevieve County. A number of streams run through the township: Coal Creek, Copper Mine Creek, Dodge Creek, Hogg Creek, Mill Creek, Mississippi Slough, Mud Branch, Rough Creek, Sugar Bottom Creek.
c1789, in Ste. Genevieve, MO. US 61 enters Missouri south of Steele, passing under a concrete arch that was constructed by the Mississippi County, Arkansas highway department in 1924. The alignment of the highway is closely followed by I-55 between there and the St. Louis area, with portions of the two highways overlapping.
Other portions were defined as Route 66 (El Dorado Springs to Fair Play), Route 13 (Fair Play to Buffalo), and Route 68 (Farmington to Ste. Genevieve). Route 66 replaced Route 13 to Buffalo in 1925, [1] but by 1927 it became part of US 54. Route 32 also absorbed Route 68 in 1926 or 1927.
Hawn State Park is a public recreation area located 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. [5] The state park's nearly 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) include three state-designated natural areas: Pickle Creek, LaMotte Sandstone Barrens, and Botkins Pine Woods. Orchid Valley is also considered part of Hawn State Park, but is not ...
Ste. Genevieve was established in the 1750s by French colonists, when the territory west of the Mississippi River was part of French Louisiana.It became the principle civic center of the region, and continued to be so when the area passed into Spanish control with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.