Hematite, Missouri Explained

Hematite is an unincorporated community in eastern Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Route P approximately seven miles northeast of De Soto.[1]

Hematite was platted in 1861.[2] The community was named for nearby deposits of hematite.[3] A post office called Hematite has been in operation since 1858,[4] and the United Nuclear Corporation's reactor fuel production plant operated in the area from 1957 until 2001.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp. 48-49
  2. Web site: Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 19 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071321/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_jefferson.html . 24 June 2016 .
  3. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1916 . 180.
  4. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 19 October 2016.
  5. Web site: Thorsen. Leah. Cleanup under way at shuttered Hematite nuclear fuel factory. 2020-10-13. STLtoday.com. en.

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