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]

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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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