Isle du Bois Creek (Missouri) explained

Isle du Bois Creek is a stream in Jefferson and Ste. Genevieve counties of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River.[1]

The stream headwaters arise at 38.09°N -90.3408°W in southern Jefferson County and it flows to the east-northeast for approximately one-half mile. At this point it becomes the boundary between the two counties and meanders to the east and northeast. The stream passes under I-55 and US Route 61 approximately 1.5 miles south of the community of Danby. The stream continues on to the east-northeast to its confluence with the Mississippi at the south end of Rush Island at 38.1003°N -90.2322°W.[1]

Isle du Bois is a name derived from the French denoting "isle of the woods".[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme 1st ed. 1998, p. 49
  2. Web site: Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 19 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071321/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_jefferson.html . 24 June 2016 .