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In 2012, as a nod to its origins, city leaders and several descendants of the Desloge family dedicated a bronze medallion bearing Firmin Desloge's image, which the family had donated to the community.<ref>https://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/relatives-of-city-s-founder-attend-meeting/article_71433470-b482-11e1-a56b-001a4bcf887a.html</ref>
In 2012, as a nod to its origins, city leaders and several descendants of the Desloge family dedicated a bronze medallion bearing Firmin Desloge's image, which the family had donated to the community.<ref>https://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/relatives-of-city-s-founder-attend-meeting/article_71433470-b482-11e1-a56b-001a4bcf887a.html</ref>
==Geography==
Desloge is located in north-central St. Francois County, immediately north of [[Park Hills, Missouri|Park Hills]] and approximately three miles southeast of Bonne Terre. U.S. Route 67 passes through the eastern part of the city, which is also the eastern terminus of Missouri State Highway 8. Its exact coordinates are 37°52’22”N 90°31’14”W.
Though located within the St. Francois Mountains, the city itself sits on relatively flat ground between the Big and Flat Rivers, which flow together just to the northeast. It has a total land area of 2.90 square miles, and an average elevation of 805 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
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