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.

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

  1. "Saint Catharine, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 188.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 October 2016.


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