City of Portage Des Sioux
Portage Des Sioux is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. The town sits on the Mississippi River roughly opposite Elsah, Illinois, and is the home of the riverside shrine of Our Lady of the Rivers. As of the 2020 census, Portage Des Sioux had a population of 335. The city was founded in 1799 by Spanish Lt. Gov. Zenon Trudeau and François Saucier in reaction to American plans to build a military post about twelve miles (19 km) downstream. The French name derives from the overland escape route between the Missouri River and Mississippi River used by a band of Sioux, fleeing enemies; they used this area as a portage for their canoes, outdistancing their rivals who instead paddled all of the way to the confluence of the rivers.
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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 193642
- FIPS state
- 29
- FIPS county
- 183
- FIPS place
- 59150
- Census record name
- CITY OF PORTAGE DES SIOUX
- Mailing address
- PO BOX 108, PORTAGE DES SIOUX 63373