Hematite, Missouri

map of Hematite in Missouri

Hematite (/ˈhɛmətaɪt/ HEM-ə-tyte)[1] is an unincorporated community in eastern Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.[2] It is located on Missouri Route P approximately seven miles northeast of De Soto.[3]

Hematite was platted in 1861.[4] The community was named for nearby deposits of hematite.[5] A post office called Hematite has been in operation since 1858,[6] and the United Nuclear Corporation's reactor fuel production plant operated in the area from 1957 until 2001.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Missouri Place Names Pronunciation Guide" (PDF). University of Kansas. December 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Hematite, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp. 48-49 ISBN 0899332242
  4. ↑ "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)
  5. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 180.
  6. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ Thorsen, Leah (November 24, 2012). "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


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