Place:St. Michaels, Madison, Missouri, United States

St. Michaels township is one of the three original townships organized in 1818 when the county was formed. Named for the oldest settlement in the county, St. Michaels, which later became Fredericktown (q.v.). It was retained in 1845 when the county was redistricted; its boundaries were changed in 1846 by order of the court, in 1857 when Polk Township was created and in 1909 when Mine La Motte Township was created. (Douglass I 167, 177, County Court Record) - Source: Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.