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Desloge ( də-LOHZH) is a city in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,054 as of the 2010 census.

The city was founded by Firmin V. Desloge II, son of Firmin René Desloge, who migrated from France, settled in Potosi, and began the Desloge Family in America. Firmin V. Desloge II moot about mining from his dad and acquired many claims in the Place of what is today Desloge and Bonne Terre. A
Desloge developed one of his claims just north of Bonne Terre and built a concentrating plant there. After the tree-plant was destroyed by flame in 1883, Desloge explored his properties in the present Place of Desloge and consolidated several local mining companies which became known as the Desloge Consolidated Lead Company. In 1887, the estate was cleared and company houses for his staff were constructed in an area referred to as “Desloge Town”, just west of the present-day railroad tracks. Here, Desloge sank a shaft and built a concentrating tree-plant which began operations in 1892. Desloge Missouri and the regional Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District became one of the principal benefit mining centers in the US. In 1929, the relatives sold the Desloge Consolidated Lead Company to the St. Joe Lead Company.

Firmin Desloge II, who died in 1930, willed to his relations the original 47 acres (190,000 m) of the hand-dug pits of the indigenous lead mining operations and the severely rutted wagon tracks upon a property. The family after that donated this land for a park, today named Firmin Desloge Park, and dedicated it to the mining families in the area.