Bonnots Mill, Missouri

Bonnots Mill is an unincorporated community in northern Osage County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately ten miles east of Jefferson City on the Osage River, near its confluence with the Missouri River. The community of Osage City is about four miles to the west-southwest on the Osage and the community of Tebbetts lies across the Missouri River valley to the north.[2] It has also been known as Dauphine, Bonnets Mills, Bonnots, or Bonnotts Mill.[1]

Bonnots Mill, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Bonnots Mill, Missouri
Bonnots Mill, Missouri
Coordinates: 38°34′41″N 91°57′57″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyOsage
Elevation538 ft (164 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
65016
Area code(s)573
GNIS feature ID729282[1]

The community was founded in 1852 by a colony of French Canadians[3] and was named for Felix Bonnot, the owner of a local mill.[4][5]

The Bonnots Mill Historic District and Dauphine Hotel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bonnots Mill, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 38, ISBN 0-89933-353-2
  3. Williams, Walter (1904). The State of Missouri. pp. 467.
  4. Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 21.
  5. "Osage County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.


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