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

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Noix Creek
  2. Louisiana, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978 (1985 rev.)
  3. "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 / 39.4447685; -91.0395806



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