Noix Creek Explained

Noix Creek is a stream in Pike County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River which it enters on the southeast side of the city of Louisiana.^[1]

Noix Creek was so named on account of nut-bearing trees along its course, the name noix meaning "nut" in French.^[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

References

39.4448°N -91.0396°W

Notes and References

1. Louisiana, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978 (1985 rev.)
2. Web site: Pike County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070919/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_pike.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. December 7, 2016.