Description
2.5 mi. long; heads in the City of O’Fallon 4.7 mi. ESE of Lake St. Louis, flows generally S through the City of Cottleville to enter Dardenne Creek 3.9 mi. NNW of Weldon; Unsurveyed land and Secs 16,9&4, T46N, R3E, Fifth Principal Meridian
History
The name commemorates Archer Alexander (ca. 1813-1879), a former enslaved person who farmed in the area and whose likeness is represented on the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, DC.