Bonnots Mill is an unincorporated community in northern Osage County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately ten miles east of Jefferson City on the Osage River, near its confluence with the Missouri River. The community of Osage City is about four miles to the west-southwest on the Osage and the community of Tebbetts lies across the Missouri River valley to the north. It has also been known as Dauphine, Bonnets Mills, Bonnots, or Bonnotts Mill.
The community was founded in 1852 by a colony of French Canadians and was named for Felix Bonnot, the owner of a local mill.
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Bonnots Mill Historic District
Bonnots Mill Historic District is a national historic district located at Bonnots Mill, Osage County, Missouri. It encompasses 98 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Bonnots Mill. ...
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Dauphine Hotel
The Dauphine Hotel is a historic hotel building located at Bonnots Mill, Osage County, Missouri. It was built about 1840 and expanded in 1879, and is a two-story, frame and brick building with a modified "U"-plan. The main block is six bays long ...