Clearwater, Missouri

Clearwater, Missouri
unincorporated community

Location of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°45′56″N 90°08′18″W / 37.76556°N 90.13833°W / 37.76556; -90.13833Coordinates: 37°45′56″N 90°08′18″W / 37.76556°N 90.13833°W / 37.76556; -90.13833
Country United States
State Missouri
County Sainte Genevieve
Township Saline
Elevation 564 ft (172 [1] m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code 63670
Area code(s) 573
FIPS code 29-14716 [2]
GNIS feature ID 735962 [3]

Clearwater is an unincorporated community in Saline Township in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. It is located about fifteen miles southwest of Sainte Genevieve on Missouri Supplemental Route W.

History

Clearwater was named by the town's first postmaster, J. C. Nations, for Clearwater, Florida, where his cousin lived. The town on the west coast of Florida, near Tampa, is now known as Clearwater Harbor.[4]

A post office was established at Clearwater in 1929, and remained in operation until 1981.[5]

References

  1. Cartographic.info http://cartographic.info/usa/map.php?id=735962
  2. Roadsidethoughts.com "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  3. Roadsidethoughts.com "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  4. State Historical Society of Missouri: Ste. Genevieve County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_sainte_genevieve.html
  5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 December 2016.


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