Hematite, Missouri

Coordinates: 38°12′07″N 90°28′51″W / 38.20194°N 90.48083°W / 38.20194; -90.48083
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Hematite is an

Missouri Route P approximately seven miles northeast of De Soto.[2]

Hematite was platted in 1861.[3] The community was named for nearby deposits of hematite.[4] A post office called Hematite has been in operation since 1858,[5] and the United Nuclear Corporation's reactor fuel production plant operated in the area from 1957 until 2001.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Hematite, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2016.{{cite web}}: 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 October 19, 2016.
  5. ^ Thorsen, Leah. "Cleanup under way at shuttered Hematite nuclear fuel factory". STLtoday.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

38°12′07″N 90°28′51″W / 38.20194°N 90.48083°W / 38.20194; -90.48083