LaMotte is a ghost town in Pike County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1]

The community was named after an official at a local powdermill.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: LaMotte
  2. "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°33′38″N 91°10′47″W / 39.56056°N 91.17972°W / 39.56056; -91.17972


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