Ste. Geneviève

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Ste. Geneviève is a historic French colonial town on the west bank of the Mississippi River in present-day Missouri, known as one of the earliest permanent European settlements in the central United States.

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instanceOf French colonial settlement
city
historic district
country United States of America
surface form: United States
foundedBy French colonists
foundingDate 18th century
governedBy Ste. Genevieve city government NERFINISHED
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom France NERFINISHED
French Canada NERFINISHED
Upper Louisiana (Pays des Illinois) NERFINISHED
hasDemographicCharacteristic small population
hasEconomicHistoryIn agriculture
fur trade
lead mining region of Missouri
hasHeritage Creole
French colonial
hasHistoricFunction agricultural center
river town
trading center
hasHistoricPopulationOrigin Creole inhabitants
French settlers
enslaved Africans
hasHistoricRole center of French colonial culture in the Mississippi Valley
hasNearbyFeature Mississippi River floodplain
limestone bluffs
hasNotableBuilding French colonial vertical log houses
historic stone houses
hasPrimarySettlementType rural town
hasReligiousHeritage Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED
hasTransportConnection Mississippi River navigation
hasUrbanForm French colonial town plan
isOneOf earliest permanent European settlements in the central United States
knownFor French colonial architecture
poteaux-en-terre construction
poteaux-sur-sol construction
vertical log houses
languageHistory English
French
locatedIn Missouri
Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion eastern Missouri NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
locatedOn west bank of the Mississippi River
namedAfter Saint Genevieve NERFINISHED
near Kaskaskia, Illinois NERFINISHED
St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED
partOf American Midwest NERFINISHED
Mississippi River Valley NERFINISHED

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Illinois Country importantSettlement Ste. Geneviève