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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Ste. Geneviève canonical 1

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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 ⓘ

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Illinois Country → importantSettlement → Ste. Geneviève ⓘ