Rocheport (Mo.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Rocheport (Mo.)
Other forms of name
Rock Port (Boone County, Mo.)
Rock Port (Mo.)
Lexington (Boone County, Mo.)
Coordinates
W0923350 W0923350 N0385848 N0385848 (gnis )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 132859806
Wikidata: Q2604677
Library of congress: no2001101453
OCoLC: oca05653242
Sources of Information
  • GNIS, Dec. 19, 2001(Rocheport (former name Rock Port), Boone Co., Mo.; ppl., 38°58ʹ48ʺN, 092°33ʹ51ʺW)
  • Getty, Jan. 23, 2002(Rocheport (inhabited place) Name changed from Rock Port to Rocheport at insistance of a French missionary who was in neighborhood; name translates from French to Rocky Port or Port of Rocks; town surveyed in 1825; Boone County, Missouri, Variant Names: Rock Port, Lexington 38deg.58min.N 092deg.33min.W)
  • Kelly, Brian P. Relations among river stage, rainfall, ground-water levels, and stage ... 2001:p. 2 of cover (Rocheport, Missouri)
  • GNIS, Dec. 19, 2001(Rocheport (former name Rock Port), Boone Co., Mo.; ppl., 38p0s58ʹ48ʺN, 092p0s33ʹ50ʺW)
  • Getty, Jan. 23, 2002(Rocheport (inhabited place) Name changed from Rock Port to Rocheport at insistance of a French missionary who was in neighborhood; name translates from French to Rocky Port or Port of Rocks; town surveyed in 1825; BooneCounty, Missouri, Variant Names: Rock Port, Lexington 38deg.58min.N 092deg.33min.W)
  • Overland Trails Digital Library Collection, 2002(Rocheport (Mo.))