Cinque Hommes Township, Perry County, Missouri

Township in the US state of Missouri

Civil Township in Missouri, United States

Cinque Hommes, Missouri

Civil Township

Location of Perry County

Coordinates: 37°38′35″N 89°51′41″W﻿ / ﻿37.64305°N 89.86143°W﻿ / 37.64305; -89.86143[1]
Country| United States
State| Missouri
County| Perry
Area

• Total| 55.5 sq mi (143.7 km2)
• Land| 55.5 sq mi (143.7 km2)
• Water| 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2)
GNIS Feature ID| 767154

Cinque Hommes is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.

## Etymology[edit]

Cinque Hommes Township is named after Cape Cinque Hommes on the Mississippi River. The original name was St. Cosme. However, 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.[2]

## History[edit]

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 Tamarois, or 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 Sitimaches or Chetimacha Indians while descending the Mississippi in 1702.[3][4]

The pronunciations of St. Cosme and Cinque Hommes (French: Five Men) is the same in French, and the early Frenchmen who came after father St. Cosme, misunderstanding, called it by the latter name. There is absolutely no tradition connected with five men, in either French or English.[5]

In 1807 the Ste. Genevieve District was divided into six townships: Benton, Bellevue, St. Michaels, Big River, Ste. Genevienve and Cinque Hommes. With Missouri Statehood came the subdivision of the territory into counties. Perry County was organized in 1821. Perry County was divided into 3 townships: Brazeau, including the territory between the Cinque Hommes and Apple Creek; Bois Brule, in the northeast part of the county; and Cinque Hommes in the remainder of the county.[6]

## Geography[edit]

Cinque Hommes covers an area of 55.5 square miles (143.7km2) and contains one incorporated village (Biehle), and three unincorporated communities: Highland, Millheim, and Schumer Springs. Cinque Hommes Creek flows through the township and was also named after Cape Cinque Hommes.[7][8]

## Demographics[edit]

### 2000 census[edit]

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,210 people living in the township. The racial makeup of the town was 98.30% White, 0.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, and 0.80% from other races.[9]

### 2010 census[edit]

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,403 people, 519 households, residing in the township. The population density was 25 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 98.60% White, 0.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, and 0.80% from other races.[10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Township of Cinque Hommes". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
2. ^ Robert L. Ramsay (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. ISBN 9780826205865.
3. ^ 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. "cape cinque hommes st. cosme." `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
4. ^ Sidney Breese; Melville Weston Fuller (1884). "The Early History of Illinois: From Its Discovery by the French, in 1673, Until Its Cession to Great Britain in 1763, Including the Narrative of Marquette's Discovery of the Mississippi". Myers: 143. "cape cinque hommes st. cosme." `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
5. ^ The State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County Place Names http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_perry.html Archived March 31, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ Robert Sidney Douglass (1918). History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its ..., Volume 1. ISBN 9780722207536.
7. ^ Cinque Hommes township, Perry County, Missouri (MO) http://www.city-data.com/township/Cinque-Hommes-Perry-MO.html
8. ^ The State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County Place Names http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_perry.html Archived March 31, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ Cinque Hommes township, Perry County, Missouri (MO) http://www.city-data.com/township/Cinque-Hommes-Perry-MO.html
10. ^ City : Cinque Hommes township (MO) "Cinque Hommes township City Information - United States". Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.

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Municipalities and communities of Perry County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Perryville

Cities|

* Altenburg
* Frohna
* Perryville

Map of Missouri highlighting Perry County

Village|

* Longtown

Townships|

* Bois Brule
* Brazeau
* Central
* Cinque Hommes
* St. Mary's
* Salem
* Saline
* Union

CDPs|

* Biehle
* Brewer
* Lithium
* Shakertowne

Other
communities|

* Allen's Landing
* Apple Creek
* Barks
* Belgique
* Brazeau
* Claryville
* Corners
* Crosstown
* Eureka
* Farrar
* Friedenberg
* Highland
* McBride
* Menfro
* Millheim
* Old Appleton‡
* Schalls
* Schumer Springs
* Sereno
* Silver Lake
* Uniontown
* Wittenberg
* Yount

Abandoned villages|

* Dresden
* Fenwick Settlement
* Friendlytown
* Giboney
* Le Grand Village Sauvage
* Pointrest
* Seelitz
* Seventy-Six
* Starlanding
* Tucker's Settlement

Footnotes|

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

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