Clearwater, Missouri

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

Clearwater, Missouri
unincorporated community
Location of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°45′56″N 90°08′18″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountySainte Genevieve
TownshipSaline
Elevation
564 ft (172 [1] m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63670
Area code(s)573
FIPS code29-14716 [2]
GNIS feature ID735962 [3]

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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Roadsidethoughts.com "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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