§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. Missouri French (French: français du Missouri) or Illinois Country French (French: français du Pays des Illinois) also...

distinct from the varieties of Canadian French and Louisiana French. Once widely spoken throughout the area, Missouri French is now nearly extinct, with only...

and the Missouri French (Illinois Country Creoles). The term Créole was originally used by French settlers to distinguish people born in French Louisiana...

20th-century Canadian migrants Missouri French, spoken in Missouri by descendants of French settlers in the Illinois Country Muskrat French, spoken in Michigan by...

French Village is an unincorporated community in eastern St. Francois County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately ten miles east of Bonne...

Mines (French: La Vieille Mine) is the name of an unincorporated community and surrounding area in southeast Missouri that were settled by French colonists...

Florissant (/ˈflɒrɪsənt/ ) is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, within Greater St. Louis. It is a middle-class, second-ring northern suburb of St....

Louisiana (French: Louisiane) or French Louisiana (Louisiane française) was an administrative district of New France. In 1682 the French explorer René-Robert...

of the French language that developed in what is now the United States, the others being Louisiana French and the nearly extinct Missouri French, Muskrat...

the early settlers were of French descent. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: French Town, Missouri "Washington County Place Names...