Goose Creek Lake 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 ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties,

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, United States. The community is built around a lake of the same name, a reservoir impounding Goose Creek, an east-flowing tributary of Fourche Du Clos and part of the

Establishment Creek Establishment Creek is a stream in Ste. Genevieve County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River. The stream headwaters are at between the communities of Sprott and Millers and the stream crosses under U.S. Route ...

watershed leading to the

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. The community is in the northeast part of St. Francois County and extends east into the northwest part of Ste. Genevieve County. It is east of French Village, northeast of

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, and west of Ste. Genevieve. The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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Census-designated places in St. Francois County, Missouri Census-designated places in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Census-designated places in Missouri {{SainteGenevieveCountyMO-geo-stub