St. Catharine, Missouri
Saint Catharine is an unincorporated community in southeast Linn County, Missouri, United States.[1] Saint Catharine is located approximately four miles east of Brookfield on Missouri Route 11. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad passes the south side of the community.[2]
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.[3] A post office called Saint Catherine was established in 1859, and remained in operation until 1993.[4]
Notes
- "Saint Catharine, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- Bucklin, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1949
- 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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