Zell, Missouri

Zell, Missouri
unincorporated community

Location of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°57′09″N 90°08′34″W / 37.95250°N 90.14278°W / 37.95250; -90.14278Coordinates: 37°57′09″N 90°08′34″W / 37.95250°N 90.14278°W / 37.95250; -90.14278
Country United States
State Missouri
County Sainte Genevieve
Township Ste. Genevieve
Elevation 630 ft (192[1] m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 63670
Area code(s) 573
FIPS code 29-81466[2]
GNIS feature ID 729223 [2]

Zell is an unincorporated community located in Ste. Genevieve Township in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. Zell is located about six miles west of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri.[3]

Name

Zell is named for the town of Zell am Harmersbach in the Baden region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, located about 10 miles southeast of Offenburg, from where its settlers had originally come.[4]

History

What is now Zell was first settled in 1798 when 1,000 arpents of land (1 arpent = 0.8507 acre) were granted to Pierre Charles Dehault Delassus Deluziere, which he called the Prairie Gautier Tract. In 1819, following Delassus' death, this land was sold to his son Charles Dehault Delassus, and then shortly after to Charles’ nephew Felix de St. Vrain.

In 1837 German Catholics arrived, at which time the location was known as Nouvelle Alsace (French: New Alsace), and was subsequently renamed Zell in 1840. The Catholic church of St. Joseph was built between 1845-1847.[5][6]

Geography

Zell is located in Ste. Genevieve Township.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Cartographic.info http://cartographic.info/usa/map.php?id=729223
  2. 1 2 Roadsidethoughts.com http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/zell-misc.htm
  3. ↑ Histopolis.com http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/MO/Sainte_Genevieve_County/Zell
  4. ↑ State Historical Society of Missouri: Ste. Genevieve County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_sainte_genevieve.html
  5. ↑ Rome of the West: Saint Joseph Church in Zell http://www.romeofthewest.com/2008/01/photos-of-saint-joseph-church-in-zell.html
  6. ↑ Mississippi Valley Architecture.com http://www.krjarch.com/zell.asp
  7. ↑ Landmarkhunter.com http://landmarkhunter.com/mo/ste-genevieve/
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