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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ste. Geneviève canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.