Place:Mine La Motte (township), Madison, Missouri, United States

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NameMine La Motte (township)
TypeTownship
Coordinates37.62139°N 90.29028°W
Located inMadison, Missouri, United States     (1909 - )
See alsoLiberty, Saint Francois, Missouri, United StatesTownship Northwest
Castor, Madison, Missouri, United StatesTownship East
St. Michaels, Madison, Missouri, United StatesTownship South
Polk, Madison, Missouri, United StatesTownship West
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Mine La Motte

Mine La Motte township is in the northern part of the county. It was first established as a special voting precinct in St. Michaels Township in 1856. In 1909 it was made a municipal Township. The name is that of the district around old Mine La Motte (q.v.). (County Court Record) Source: Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.