Re: Solving the Issues of Granite City Schools Archived Message
Posted by whatusay on August 14, 2011, 3:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Solving the Issues of Granite City Schools"
"The other question that will always burn in my mind is where the naming of Nameoki came from. It sounds like a native American word..but any search of the word comes up with the road or the township." NAMEOKI TOWNSHIP BY A. J. MUELLER JR. Nameoki Township is located in Township 3, North Range 9 West, and is of a regular square shape, having 36 sections or 22,600 across of land, is bounded on the north by Chouteau, east by Collinsville, south by St. Clair and west by Venice. It lies almost wholly in the great American Bottom, hence is low and level. The soil is of a sandy loam and of a great fertility and with proper cultivation and drainage is the garden spot of Madison County. Horseshoe Lake, which is of about 2000 acres, was known to geographers as Maria's Mensoul. Long Lake crosses the county diagonally entering on section 12 and leaving out on section 3 being nearly 5 (five) miles in length. Cahokia Creek crosses the southern part of the township. The word Nameoki is of Indian origin and signifies "smokey." It was first given as a name to a station between St. Louis and Indianapolis rail road by A. A. Talmadge, who was a conductor, the name was latter given to the township.
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