Courtois is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in southwestern Washington County,

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, United States, within the Courtois Hills region. It is located approximately southwest of Belgrade and northeast of

Viburnum, Missouri Viburnum is a city in Iron County, Missouri, United States. The population was 667 at the 2020 census. The city is located in the New Lead Belt. The Mayor of Viburnum is the honorable Johnny Setzer History A post office called Viburnum was esta ...

in Iron County. Courtois is located on

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and at the confluence of Indian Creek and

Courtois Creek Courtois Creek () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 stream in southern Missouri, United States. It shares its name with the nearby town of Courtois, Miss ...

.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 48 The community is named after an unidentified settler, as is a nearby stream,

. According to Ramsay, "The name of the creek is locally pronounced and sometimes written as Coataway or Cotoway." The name of the town is locally pronounced "Cur-toys". A post office was established in 1886,''Washington County Place Names, 1928-1945'', Missouri Historical Society
/ref> but is now closed and mail is now transported from Steelville or Belgrade.

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