Noix Creek is a stream in Pike County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Mississippi River which it enters on the southeast side of the city of Louisiana.[2]
Noix Creek was so named on account of nut-bearing trees along its course, the name noix meaning "nut" in French.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Noix Creek
- ^ Louisiana, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978 (1985 rev.)
- ^ "Pike County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
39°26′41″N 91°02′22″W / 39.4447685°N 91.0395806°W
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