Femme Osage Creek Explained

Femme Osage Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Missouri
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:St. Charles County, Missouri
Source1 Coordinates:38.6144°N -90.9153°W
Source1 Elevation:NaNfeet
Mouth Coordinates:38.6619°N -90.7314°W
Mouth Elevation:449feet

Femme Osage Creek is a stream in St. Charles County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Missouri River.[1] The stream headwaters arise just west of Missouri Route T and the stream flows initially west then turns north past the Femme Osage community on route T then turns to the east. The stream flows parallel to Missouri Route F past the Daniel Boone Home north of Schluersburg. It flows under Missouri Route 94 north of Defiance and enters the Missouri just south of the community of Hamburg within the Weldon Springs Conservation Area.[1]

Femme Osage is a name derived from French meaning "Osage woman".[2] It is unclear why the name Femme Osage was applied to this stream.[3] Many variant names have been recorded, including "Faim of the Hoozaw River", "Femme Osage River", "Osage Womans River", and "Wife of Osage River".

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 40,
  2. Native American Place Names in the Louisiana Purchase . Bright, William . 358. 10.1.1.1015.3344.
  3. Web site: Warren County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071057/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_warren.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri . December 30, 2016 .