| Cinque Hommes Creek | |
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| Etymology | French meaning "Five Men", or St. Cosme, a Catholic Missionary |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Perry County, MO |
| • coordinates | 37°41′32″N 89°53′00″W / 37.69222°N 89.88333°W / 37.69222; -89.88333 |
| • elevation | Approximately 518 ft (158 m) |
| Mouth | Mississippi River |
| • location | Cape Cinque Hommes, MO |
| • coordinates | 37°45′12″N 89°40′12″W / 37.75333°N 89.67000°W / 37.75333; -89.67000 |
| • elevation | 348 ft (106 m) |
| Length | 17.1 mi (27.5 km) |
| Basin size | 70.1 sq mi (182 km) |
Cinque Hommes Creek is a tributary of the Mississippi River flowing through Perry County, Missouri.
Name
The early Colonial French name for the creek was "à la viande" or "with meat". Cinque Hommes Creek was named after Cape Cinque Hommes on the Mississippi River, although this name most likely originates from the Canadian Catholic missionary priest Father Jean Francois Buisson de St. Cosme. The pronunciation of "St. Cosme" and "Cinque Hommes" is exactly the same in French, and the early Frenchmen who came after father St. Cosme, misunderstanding, called it by the latter name.
Physical geography
The stream rises in Cinque Hommes Township in Perry County, Missouri, and takes a winding course through Central and Salem townships. Its mouth empties into the Mississippi River near Menfro not far from Cape Cinque Hommes. Five cave systems are found within the Cinque Hommes Creek drainage: Moore Cave, Crevice Cave, Mystery Cave, Rimstone River Cave and Running Bull Cave.
A number of tributaries flow into Cinque Hommes Creek:
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Cultural geography
A number of bridges have crossed Cinque Hommes Creek over the years. The Cinque Hommes Creek Route B Bridge was a truss bridge built in 1888, and collapsed on April 15, 1962, following a collusion by an overweight truck. It was replaced in 1963. The Cinque Hommes US 61 Bridge was a truss bridge built in 1930, and replaced in 1996 with a stringer bridge. Cinque Hommes Creek empties into the Mississippi River south of Menfro, Missouri in the Red Rock Landing Conversation Area.
History
Cape St. Cosme or Cape Cinque Hommes - a point on the Mississippi River - was conferred for Father Jean Francois Buisson de Saint Cosme (1667-1702), a missionary priest from the Quebec Seminary of Foreign Missions, who visited the spot in 1698 and erected a cross on Grand Tower. Jean St. Cosme was the son of Michael Buisson, a native of Cosme le Vert in the Diocese of Mans in France, and of Susanne Licheraffe. He was ordained a Seminarian priest at the age of twenty-three. Father St. Cosme was stationed first at Tamaroa, in Illinois, and also labored in Acadia, Louisiana, and among the Natchez Indians in Lower Louisiana. He was massacred by a party of the Chitimacha Indians while descending the Mississippi in 1702.
Gallery
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Flooded Cinque Hommes Creek at Menfro, Missouri
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Highway 61 Bridge south of Perryville, MO
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View north of Hwy 61 bridge
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View south of Hwy 61 bridge
See also
References
- ^ Perryville West, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cinque Hommes Creek
- Walter A. Schroeder (2002). Opening the Ozarks: A Historical Geography of Missouri's Ste. Genevieve District, 1760-1830. ISBN 9780826263063.
- Robert L. Ramsay (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. ISBN 9780826205865.
- State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_perry.html Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Bridgehunter.com http://bridgehunter.com/mo/perry/
- Moatlas http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/applications/moatlas/AreaSummaryPage.aspx?txtAreaID=9522 Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Louis Houck (1908). "A History of Missouri: From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until the Admission of the State Into the Union". R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company: 242.
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| Geographical features of Perry County, Missouri | ||
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| Municipalities and communities of Perry County, Missouri, United States | ||
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| County seat: Perryville | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |