Lamine River

The Lamine River (/ləˈmiːn/ lə-MEEN) is a 63.8-mile-long (102.7 km)[1] tributary of the Missouri River in central Missouri in the United States. It is formed in northern Morgan County, about 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Otterville by the confluence of Flat and Richland creeks, and flows generally northwardly through Cooper and Pettis counties. In northwestern Cooper County the Lamine collects the Blackwater River and flows into the Missouri River northeast of Lamine and 6 miles (10 km) west of Boonville.[2] At Clifton City, the river has a mean annual discharge of 455 cubic feet per second.[3] Below the mouth of the Blackwater River, its discharge averages 1,279 cubic feet per second (see Blackwater River.)

Newclipping from the Bunceton Eagle describes a 1905 construction accident on the Roberts Bluff Bridge over the Lamine River in Buffalo Prairie north of Pilot Grove.

The river was named by French explorers for mining operations in the area.[4] According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river has also been known as "La Mine River" and as "Rivière a la Mine."[5] The unincorporated community of Lamine and the township of Lamine were named after the La Mine River.[6]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 31, 2011
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme (2002), 2nd ed., Yarmouth, Maine; pp. 36-7 ISBN 0-89933-353-2.
  3. ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Missouri: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
  4. ^ "Cooper County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Lamine River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  6. ^ Eaton, David W. (July 1916). "How Missouri Counties, Towns, and Streams were named". Missouri Historical Review. 10 (4). State Historical Society of Missouri: 263–286.