Portage Des Sioux, Missouri
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Missouri
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, United States
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. The town sits on the Mississippi River roughly opposite Elsah, Illinois
Elsah, Illinois
Elsah is a village in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 U.S. census, the village had a total population of 673. Cyrus Bunting is the the village's current acting mayor.Elsah is a part of the Metro-East region and the St...
, and is the home of the riverside shrine of Our Lady of the Rivers. The population was 367 at the 2007 census. 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
Missouri River
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and Mississippi River
Mississippi River
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used by a band of Sioux
Sioux
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, fleeing enemies; they used this area as a portage
Portage
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for their canoes, outdistancing their rivals who instead paddled all of the way to the confluence
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of the rivers.
The Treaties of Portage des Sioux
Treaties of Portage des Sioux
The Treaties of Portage des Sioux were a series of treaties at Portage des Sioux, Missouri in 1815 that officially were supposed to mark the end of conflicts between the United States and Native Americans at the conclusion of the War of 1812....
in 1815 were signed here ostensibly settling Native American and United States
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conflicts in the War of 1812
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. The treaties consolidated affirmed the Treaty of St. Louis (1804)
Treaty of St. Louis
The Treaty of St. Louis is one of many treaties signed between the United States and various Native American tribes.-1804 - Sauk and Fox :...
in which the Sac
Sac (tribe)
The Sacs or Sauks are a group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture group. Their autonym is The Sacs or Sauks are a group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture group. Their autonym is The Sacs or Sauks are a group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture...
and Fox ceding northeast Missouri and much of Illinois and Wisconsin and the 1808 Treaty of Fort Clark
Treaty of Fort Clark
The Treaty of Fort Clark was signed at Fort Osage on November 10, 1808 in which the Osage Nation ceded all the land east of the fort in Missouri and Arkansas north of the Arkansas River to the United States. The Fort Clark treaty and the Treaty of St...
in which the Osage Nation
Osage Nation
The Osage Nation is a Native American Siouan-language tribe in the United States that originated in the Ohio River valley in present-day Kentucky. After years of war with invading Iroquois, the Osage migrated west of the Mississippi River to their historic lands in present-day Arkansas, Missouri,...
ceded all of Missouri and Arkansas. The results were to ultimately result in the Black Hawk War
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict fought in 1832 between the United States and Native Americans headed by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoos known as the "British Band" crossed the Mississippi River into the U.S....
and the tribes being forced to move west of Missouri.
Portage Des Sioux was also one of the main film sites for the TV reality show on the CW a Farmer Wants a Wife
Farmer Wants a Wife (U.S. TV series)
Farmer Wants a Wife is a U.S. reality television series, based on the same-name British program, in which a bachelor farmer chooses a potential romantic partner among a group of 10 single city women....
(the farmer in the 2008 season, also lives in Portage Des Sioux).
Geography
Portage Des Sioux is located at 38°55′35"N 90°20′35"W (38.926348, -90.342982). Because of the meandering course of the Mississippi River, and consequently the Missouri-Illinois boundary, Portage Des Sioux has the unusual feature that if one travels due North, South, East or West from it, one leaves Missouri and enters Illinois.According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), of which, 0.5 square miles (1.2 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (7.84%) is water.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2007, there were 367 people, 134 households, and 95 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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was 745.3 people per square mile (288.3/km²). There were 152 housing units at an average density of 322.8 per square mile (124.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city is 99.15% White, 0.00% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.57% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 1.42% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 134 households out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.20.
In the city the population was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 106.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $38,333, and the median income for a family was $42,321. Males had a median income of $41,875 versus $25,000 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the city was $18,693. About 2.8% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.