Mosher is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Ste. Genevieve Township in eastern Sainte Genevieve County,

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

, United States. It is situated approximately two miles west of Ste. Genevieve. The community most likely was named after a local

French colonial French colonial architecture includes several styles of architecture used by the French during colonization. French colonial architecture has a long history, beginning in North America in 1604 and being most active in the Western Hemisphere (Car ...

family ''Mosier'' or ''Mosieur''. English spelling of the French pronunciation may account for the spelling of the community's name. The community developed as a stop along the Missouri-Illinois Railroad.

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Unincorporated communities in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{SainteGenevieveCountyMO-geo-stub