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Park Hills is located 7 miles northwest of Farmington, Missouri and approximately 65 miles south of St. Louis. It is adjacent to St. Joe State Park, and nearby the state parks of St. Francois, Hawn, Elephant Rocks, Johnson's Shut-Ins, Taum Sauk Mountain, and Washington.
St. Francois County (/ ˈ f r æ n s ɪ s / FRAN-siss) is a county in the Lead Belt region in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census , the population was 66,922. [ 1 ] The largest city and county seat is Farmington . [ 2 ]
Park Hills, St. Francois County, Missouri, United States: Coordinates: Area: 64.59 acres (26.14 ha) [1] Established: 1976 [2] Visitors: 19,819 (in 2022) [3] Operator: Missouri Department of Natural Resources: Website: Missouri Mines State Historic Site
It is the county seat of St. Francois County. [3] Farmington was established in 1822 as Murphy's Settlement, named for William Murphy of Kentucky, who first visited the site in 1798. When St. Francois County was organized, the town was briefly called St. Francois Court House and later renamed to Farmington. [4]
The main campus is located within St. Francois County in Park Hills, MO, 86 miles north of Cape Girardeau, MO and 66 miles south of St. Louis, MO.. The 226 acre main campus has a quadrangle design encompassing a courtyard for student activities.
Emergency calls are handled by the St. Francois County Joint Communications Center. The City of Desloge Volunteer Fire Department, at 100 Chadrick Street, has a 2000 pumper truck. The City of Desloge Public Works Department at 1000 East Chestnut Street oversees the Municipal Waterworks system, streets and alleys, trash removal, recycling, and ...
Unincorporated communities in St. Francois County, Missouri (26 P) This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 05:41 (UTC). Text is ...
St. Joe State Park is a public recreation area consisting of 8,243 acres (3,336 ha) on the south side of Park Hills, Missouri, along the flanks of the Saint Francois Mountains. [4] The state park includes the Missouri Mines State Historic Site with its former St. Joe Minerals mill buildings and museum of geology and mining. [ 5 ]