St. Catharine, Missouri
Saint Catharine is an unincorporated community in Linn County, Missouri, United States.[1] Saint Catharine is located approximately four miles east of Brookfield on Route 11. Its post office has closed, and all mail now comes from Brookfield.
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St. Catharine was founded in 1856, and is not named for Catherine of Alexandria, but instead for Mrs. Catherine Elliot, by her husband, William Elliot.[2] A post office called Saint Catherine was established in 1859, and remained in operation until 1993.[3]
Notes
- "Saint Catharine, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 188.
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
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