St. Catharine, Missouri
Census-Designated Place
Location of St. Catharine in Missouri
Location of St. Catharine in Missouri
Coordinates: 39°47′42″N 92°59′40″W / 39.79500°N 92.99444°W / 39.79500; -92.99444
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyLinn
Area
[1]
 • Total0.74 sq mi (1.91 km2)
 • Land0.73 sq mi (1.90 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
[2]
830 ft (250 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total78
 • Density106.41/sq mi (41.08/km2)
FIPS code29-64046
GNIS feature ID2587111[2]

Saint Catharine or St. Catharine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southeast Linn County, Missouri, United States.[2] Saint Catharine is located approximately four miles east of Brookfield on Missouri Route 11. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad passes the south side of the community.[3]

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.[4] A post office called Saint Catherine was established in 1859, and remained in operation until 1993.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202078—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: St. Catharine, Missouri
  3. ↑ Bucklin, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1949
  4. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 188.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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