Moselle, Missouri

Moselle is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Missouri, United States, and is largely abandoned. It is located about five miles northeast of St. Clair. The community was incorporated as a town in 1860 (having since being disincorporated) and is named after the Moselle River or Moselle département in France.

The community elevation is 493 feet above sea level and is near the mouth of the Bourbeuse River, where it flows into the Meramec River.

The town had a depot of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, and was a shipping point for the Moselle Iron Works, located about a mile southeast, on the banks of the Meramec River. The Moselle Iron Furnace Stack, active 1825-1849, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Correction: The incorporation information listed in this article is not correct. The town was laid out in 1859 but was not incorporated until 1897. Source: Franklin County Tribune, 16 July 1897. Contributed by Sue Blesi.

Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Union

Cities	Berger Gerald New Haven Pacific‡ Saint Clair Sullivan‡ Union Washington

Villages	Charmwood Leslie Miramiguoa Park Oak Grove Village Parkway

Townships	Boeuf Boles Boone Calvey Central Lyon Meramec New Haven Prairie St. Johns Union Washington

CDPs	Gray Summit Villa Ridge

Other unincorporated communities	Anaconda Beaufort Catawissa Japan Labadie Lonedell Luebbering Moselle Noser Mill Robertsville St. Albans Spring Bluff Stanton

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 38°23′12″N 90°53′52″W / 38.38667°N 90.89778°W / 38.38667; -90.89778

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