Isle du Bois Creek (Missouri)

Isle du Bois Creek is a stream in Jefferson and Ste. Genevieve counties of the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Mississippi River.[2]

The stream headwaters arise at 38°05′24″N 90°20′27″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°06′01″N 90°13′56″W.[2][1]

Isle du Bois is a name derived from the French denoting "isle of the woods".[3]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Isle du Bois Creek (Missouri)
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme 1st ed. 1998, p. 49 ISBN 0899332242
  3. "Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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