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Kimmswick in Jefferson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

El Camino Real

 
 
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Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 8, 2021
1. El Camino Real Marker
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New Madrid
Cape Girardeau
Ste. Genevieve
St. Louis

[Additional marker on the ground:]
Rededicated October 19 2008 The Louisiana Purchase Chapter National Society, Jefferson Square Park Kimmswick Missouri.
 
Erected 1917 by The Missouri Daughters of the American Revolution.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraRoads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.
 
Location. 38° 22.072′ N, 90° 21.924′ W. Marker is in Kimmswick, Missouri, in Jefferson County. It is at the intersection of 4th Street and Vine Street, on the right when traveling north on 4th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6002 4th St, Imperial MO 63052, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Missouri River Corridor and in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere,
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the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Windsor Harbor Road Bridge (approx. 0.3 miles away); Kimmswick Historic Flooding (approx. 0.3 miles away); Bring Us Home (approx. 0.9 miles away); Flame of Freedom (approx. 0.9 miles away); Excavating the Bones (approx. 1.2 miles away); Kimmswick Bone Bed (approx. 1.2 miles away); Quarry Operations (approx. 1.3 miles away); Welcome to Sulphur Springs Landing (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kimmswick.
 
More about this marker. Jefferson Square
 
El Camino Real Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 8, 2021
2. El Camino Real Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 806 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 9, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 8, 2026