Hematite, Missouri

Hematite is an unincorporated community in eastern Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately seven miles northeast of De Soto.

map of Hematite in Missouri

Hematite was platted in 1861.[2] The community was named for nearby deposits of hematite.[3] A post office called Hematite has been in operation since 1858,[4] and the United Nuclear Corporation's reactor fuel production plant operated in the area from 1957 until 2001.[5]

Notes
  1. "Hematite, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 180.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  5. Thorsen, Leah. "Cleanup under way at shuttered Hematite nuclear fuel factory". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2020-10-13.



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