Beauvais Township, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri

Civil Township in Missouri, United States

Beauvais Township

Civil Township

Location of Ste. Genevieve County

Coordinates: 37°50′08″N 90°03′53″W﻿ / ﻿37.83549°N 90.06467°W﻿ / 37.83549; -90.06467[1]
Country| United States
State| Missouri
County| Ste. Genevieve
Area

• Total| 81.4 sq mi (211 km2)
• Land| 81.1 sq mi (210 km2)
• Water| 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2)  0.95%
GNIS Feature ID| 767324

Beauvais Township is a subdivision of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, in the United States of America, and is one of the five townships located in Ste. Genevieve County.

## Name

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The township was named in honor of Jean Baptiste St. Gemme Beauvais, an official of the county.[3]

## History

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Beauvais Township is a township in Ste. Genevieve, County, Missouri. The township was formed in 1832 from parts of Saline and Ste. Genevieve Townships.[4]

## Populated places

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There are two towns in Beauvais Township, with a population of 543. Approximately 1,246 people live in the remaining area of the township.

* Minnith
* River aux Vases
* Ozora

The township also contains three churches: Saints Phillip and James Catholic Church, Saline Baptist Church, and Sacred Heart Catholic Church, as well as the following cemeteries: Mange, Hand, Brown, Roth, Saint Marys, and Voekler.[5]

## Geography

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Beauvais Township is located in the southeastern section of Ste. Genevieve County. A number of streams run through the township: Johns Creek, Bluff Creek, Walnut Creek, Tube Creek, River aux Vases, Saline Creek, Brushy Creek, Idlewild Slough, and Mitchel Slough. Lakes and reservoirs in the township include: Cedar Valley Lake, Donze Lake, Minnehaha Lake, Kisco Lake, Foerster Lake, Lake Minnie Ha-Ha Lower, Lake Minnie Ha-Ha Upper, and Salt Petre Lake.[6]

## 2000 census

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The 2000 census shows Beauvais township consisting of 810 housing units with a population of 1,800 individuals.[7]

### 2010 census

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As of the census of 2010, there were 1,789 people, with a population density of 22.1 per square mile (68.6 km2), residing in the township. The racial makeup of the town was 97.32% White, 1.06% African American, 0.56% Native American and Alaska Native, 0.11% Asian, and 0.22% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races.[8][9][10]

## References

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1. ^ "Township of Beauvais". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
2. ^ Places of the USA: Beauvais Township http://www.placesofusa.com/missouri/ste-genevieve-county/beauvais-township/ Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ The State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County Place Names http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_sainte_genevieve.html
4. ^ Robert Sidney Douglass (1912). "Opening the Ozarks: History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1". `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
5. ^ city.data.com Beauvais Township http://www.city-data.com/township/Beauvais-Ste.-Genevieve-MO.html
6. ^ city.data.com http://www.city-data.com/township/Beauvais-Ste.-Genevieve-MO.html
7. ^ DIANE Publishing (2003). Opening the Ozarks: Census of population and housing (2000): Missouri Population and Housing Unit Counts. ISBN 9781428985896.
8. ^ Places of the USA: Beauvais Township http://www.placesofusa.com/missouri/ste-genevieve-county/beauvais-township/ Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ city.data.com Beauvais Township http://www.city-data.com/township/Beauvais-Ste.-Genevieve-MO.html
10. ^ Missouri: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-27.pdf

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Municipalities and communities of Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Ste. Genevieve

Cities|

* Bloomsdale
* Ste. Genevieve
* St. Mary

Map of Missouri highlighting Sainte Genevieve County

Townships|

* Beauvais
* Jackson
* Ste. Genevieve
* Saline
* Union

CDPs|

* Goose Creek Lake‡
* Grayhawk
* Ozora
* Weingarten

Other
communities|

* Avon
* Brickeys
* Chestnut Ridge
* Clearwater
* Clement
* Coffman
* Kinsey
* Lawrenceton
* Marlo
* Mill
* Millers
* Minnith
* Mosher
* Needmore
* New Offenburg
* Pickel
* Quarry Town
* River aux Vases
* Rocky Ridge
* Sprott
* Thomure
* Valley View
* Womack
* Zell

Ghost towns|

* La Saline
* New Bourbon

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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