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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Missouri.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 576 law enforcement agencies employing 14,554 sworn police officers, about 244 for each 100,000 residents.
Ste. Genevieve is located along the west bank of the Mississippi River near the Illinois state line along Interstate 55, U.S. Route 61, and Missouri Route 32, approximately 46 mi (74 km) south-southeast of St. Louis and 196 mi (315 km) north-northwest of Memphis, Tennessee.
Linn County Jail and Sheriff's Residence is a historic jail and sheriff's residence located in Linneus, Linn County, Missouri.It was built in 1871 and is a two-story, five-bay, Greek Revival style I-house constructed of concrete, wood, and brick.
The Ste. Genevieve Academy was a school in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. ... Shortly before this 'Sheriff's Sale', Father Louis DuBourg was appointed the first Bishop of ...
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.
In the Ste. Genevieve area, the Spaniards, making a virtue of necessity, tended to let the French govern themselves. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] During the 1770s and 1780s members of the Peoria Tribe , whose situation had deteriorated under British and American rule in Illinois, migrated west across the Mississippi River into Ste. Genevieve and the lower part ...
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.
It was built in 1899, and consists of a two-story front section containing the residence, with a one-story rear section containing the sheriff's office and the county jail. The building is constructed of brick, rests on a limestone foundation, and topped by a medium pitched hipped roof. It housed the jail and sheriff's office and residence ...