St. Patrick, Missouri

St. Patrick is an unincorporated community in southern Clark County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately ten miles northwest of Canton on Route 81. The community was founded in 1833 by Irish immigrants, who named it after the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick. Today, it is best known as the home of the Shrine of St. Patrick, a medieval-inspired Catholic church.[2]

St. Patrick is part of the Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

St. Patrick was originally called St. Marysville, and under the latter name was platted in 1857.[3]

Notes
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: St. Patrick, Missouri
  2. Adam Farley, "Irish in the Heartland: St. Patrick, Missouri" Irish America April/May 2013 online
  3. "Clark County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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