Marais Croche is an unincorporated community in St. Charles County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The name of the community derives from the French meaning crooked lake, and originally was applied to a swamp near the original town site.
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Cowmire Creek is a stream in St. Louis County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Missouri River.
Cowmire Creek was so named on account of its often miry condition.
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Black Walnut is an unincorporated community in St. Charles County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
4.6 km
Wilkie is an extinct town in St. Charles County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
A post office called Wilkie was established in 1894, and was discontinued that same year. The community has the name of John Wilkie, a pioneer settler.
It functioned as a station in the southern part of the Portage Des Sioux Township. It was sometimes called Wilkie Station. It was named in honor of John Wilkie, who was born in Hanover, August 12, 1823, and migrated to America in 1842, where he served in the militia during the Civil War. He started as a farm hand and eventually acquired almost a section of land.
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Orchard Farm is an unincorporated community in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States.
5.2 km
Chicago and Southern Air Lines Flight 4 was a regularly scheduled flight from New Orleans, Louisiana to Chicago, Illinois via Jackson, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; and St. Louis, Missouri operated with a Lockheed Model 10 Electra. On August 5, 1936, after departing from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, the flight crashed in a farm field near the Missouri River. All 6 passengers and 2 crew members were killed in the crash.