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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. |