Femme Osage Creek

Femme Osage Creek
Stream
Country United States
State Missouri
Region St. Charles County, Missouri
Source
 - elevation 860[1] ft (262 m)
 - coordinates 38°36′52″N 90°54′55″W / 38.61444°N 90.91528°W / 38.61444; -90.91528
Mouth
 - elevation 449 ft (137 m)
 - coordinates 38°39′43″N 90°43′53″W / 38.66194°N 90.73139°W / 38.66194; -90.73139Coordinates: 38°39′43″N 90°43′53″W / 38.66194°N 90.73139°W / 38.66194; -90.73139
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Femme Osage Creek is a stream in St. Charles County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[2] It is a tributary of the Missouri River.[3]

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.[3]

The circumstances in which the name "Femme Osage" originated are obscure.[4] Many variant names have been recorded, including "Faim of the Hoozaw River", "Femme Osage River", "Osage Womans River", and "Wife of Osage River".[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Washington East, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1972
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Femme Osage Creek
  3. 1 2 Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 40, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. ↑ "Warren County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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