map of Hematite in Missouri

Hematite is an unincorporated community in eastern Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on 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. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp. 48-49 ISBN 0899332242
  3. ^ "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)
  4. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 180.
  5. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  6. ^ Thorsen, Leah. "Cleanup under way at shuttered Hematite nuclear fuel factory". STLtoday.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

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