Coonville Creek

St. Francois State Park is a public recreation area occupying 2,735 acres (1,107 ha) of land five miles (8.0 km) north of Bonne Terre in St. Francois County, Missouri. The state park features a campground, trails for hiking and horseback riding, and fishing on the Big River. The 49-acre (20 ha) Coonville Creek Natural Area, made up of Coonville Creek and its narrow valley, is found within the park's boundaries.

Bee Run is a stream in northern St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Big River. The stream headwaters arise on a hillside adjacent to an old railroad tunnel at 38°00′22″N 90°30′03″W. The stream flows southwest generally parallel to and northwest of Missouri Route 67 past the community of Silver Springs and the Lake Timberline area to its confluence with the Big River about three miles north of Bonne Terre at 37°58′00″N 90°33′32″W.Bee Run was so named on account of honeybees near its course.

Terre Bleue Creek is a stream in St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties of eastern Missouri. It is a tributary of the Big River. Terre Bleue Creek was so named on account of the color of the dirt on its course, terre bleue being a name meaning "blue earth" in French.

Lake Timberline is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States. The community is built around several reservoirs built in the valleys of Bee Run and Primrose Creek, southwest-flowing tributaries of the Big River, which in turn flows northwest to the Meramec River. The community is in northern St. Francois County, bordered to the north by Jefferson County. It is northwest of U.S. Route 67, 6 miles (10 km) north of Bonne Terre, 19 miles (31 km) southwest of Festus, and 53 miles (85 km) southwest of St. Louis. The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Silver Springs is an unincorporated community in St. Francois County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Pike Run is a stream in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Terre Bleue Creek just upstream of that stream's confluence with Big River.The stream headwaters arise just south of Missouri Route Y about 1.5 miles southeast of Halifax and US Route 67. The stream flows southwest passing just east of St. Francois State Park and on to its confluence with Terre Bleue Creek about two miles west of the community of Hazel Run. The source area is at 37°59′56″N 90°28′37″W and the confluence is at 37°56′46″N 90°30′03″W.Pike Run was so named on account of its stock of pike fish.

Cabanne Course is a stream in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri.Cabanne Course has the name of the local Cabanne family.

Hazel Run is a stream in northeastern St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Terre Bleue Creek. The stream headwaters arise northeast of the community of Hazel Run and it flows west passing about one-half mile north of Hazel Run to its confluence with Terre Bleue Creek about three quarters of a mile northeast of that stream's confluence with Big River.The source area is at 37°57′03″N 90°26′41″W and the confluence is at 37°56′55″N 90°29′35″W.Hazel Run was so named on account of hazel trees near its course.

Big River Township is an inactive township in St. Francois County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.Big River Township was erected in 1863, taking its name from the Big River.

Bonne Terre ( bon-TAIR) is a city in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States with a population of 6,864 at the 2010 census. Situated in the Southeast Missouri Lead District, lead mining shaped the history and character of the area from the earliest French settlers in the 1720s until today, even though Bonne Terre Mine established by St. Joseph lead mining company in 1864 closed in 1962. Mine tailing piles eroded, and contaminated the area as dust, posing residential hazards or were washed into the Big River. Only in 1992, the Bonne Terre Mine Tailings Site was listed as a Superfund Site; as of 2022 remediation is still ongoing. The Bonne Terre Depot from 1909, the St. Joe Lead Company Administration Building and the Bonne Terre Mine, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The latter is spring water filled and became a scuba diving attraction. Bonne Terre is also home to the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center, a 3000 bed prison of adult males who may have substance abuse issues or are mentally disabled, where Missouri has conducted all of its executions since April 2005.

The Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (ERDCC) is a 2,684-bed prison located in a detached eastern section of Bonne Terre, Missouri. It is home to adult males who may have substance abuse issues or are mentally disabled.The ERDCC serves as the point of admission for male offenders committed by the courts in eastern Missouri to the Missouri Department of Corrections (MODOC), responsible for their classification through medical and mental tests. It contains Missouri's lethal injection execution chamber. Programs at this facility include restorative justice, Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous, Impact on Crime, Seven points of highly successful people, and Storylink. It operates a cooked and chilled food facility, a unit that prepares and transports all regular and special diet meals to the Potosi Correctional Center, Farmington Correctional Center and Missouri Eastern Correctional Centers and the St. Louis Community Release Center. NPR reported an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at the facility in August 2021. Universal testing for COVID-19 had not occurred since August 2020 even though ERDCC is an intake facility for prisoners brought in from county jails which do not have the same testing, quarantine and isolation protocols as the DOC. Severe staffing shortage caused inmates to be held on extended and frequent lockdowns, unable to leave their cells, not even for medical appointments.

Bonne Terre Mine, also known as the St. Joseph Lead Mine at Bonne Terre, is a historic lead mine located at Bonne Terre, St. Francois County, Missouri. Bonne Terre Mine was built starting in 1864 by the St. Joe Lead Company, and is located below the city of Bonne Terre. The mine closed in 1962.: 2 It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.Since its closure it has gradually filled up with rain and springwater, and is called "the largest man made cavern in the world". Surface, belowground and underwater tours are possible. Surface tour features a mining museum, barbershop and post office. In 1983, Jacques Cousteau s Calypso crew explored the mine for a documentary. Since then the underwater experience has been billed as one of "Americas largest scuba diving resorts" or "the world's largest fresh water dive resort".