St. Catharine, Missouri

Saint Catharine is an unincorporated community in Linn County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located about four miles east of Brookfield on Route 11. Its post office has closed, and its 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

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

Municipalities and communities of Linn County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Linneus

Cities	Brookfield Browning‡ Bucklin Laclede Linneus Marceline‡ Meadville Purdin

Townships	Baker Benton Brookfield Bucklin Clay Enterprise Grantsville Jackson Jefferson Locust Creek Marceline North Salem Parson Creek Yellow Creek

Unincorporated communities	Bear Branch Enterprise Eversonville Forker Fountain Grove Garner Grantsville Haseville Hecla Leverton Lowell New Boston North Salem Sedgwick Shafter St. Catharine Shelby

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°47′42″N 92°59′40″W / 39.7951°N 92.9944°W / 39.7951; -92.9944

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