Washington County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 23,344 (Change since 1990: +14.5%)
• Created: August 21, 1813
• County seat: Potosi
• Largest town: Potosi (Pop. 2,662)
• Name origin: George Washington

Populated Places

• Adelbert (Historical)
  • Located northeast of Mineral Point along the railroad tracks
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°58'15" N, 90°42'36" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 33
  • Elevation: 823
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Mineral Point (Not shown)
• Anthonies Mill (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection Route N and Route W
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°04'47" N, 91°05'10" W
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • USGS Quad: Anthonies Mill
  • Named for Jonas M. Anthony, mill owner
  • Sources: Goodspeed (See biographical sketch of Stephen D. Anthony and Crawford Co.)
• Aptus (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route F along Mineral Fork
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°02'25" N, 90°50'54" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 8
  • Elevation: 726
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Potosi R-3
  • USGS Quad: Old Mines
• Baryties (Historical)
  • Located on Route CC northwest of Blackwell
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°03'43" N, 90°39'30" W
  • Survey: T. 39 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 660
  • Civil township: Kingston
  • USGS Quad: Tiff
  • Baryties is slang for the mineral barite, or barium sulfate. Barite is derived from the Greek word "barus", meaning heavy.
• Bates Creek Camp (Unincorporated)
  • Located off Route P southwest of Potosi
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°54'22" N, 90°49'17" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 21
  • Civil township: Breton
  • School district: Potosi R-3
  • USGS Quad: Potosi
• Belgrade (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route C near intersection with Route JJ
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°47'12" N, 90°50'57" W
  • Elevation: 888
  • Civil township: Belgrade
  • School district: Valley R-6
  • USGS Quad: Belgrade
  • Post office: Sept. 6, 1867 - Now
• Bellefontaine (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route E north of Shibboleth
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°01'33" N, 90°42'00" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 810
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Tiff
  • Map: 1870 Wash. Co. (Belfontaine)
• Bliss (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 47 just northwest of intersection with MO 21
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°05'35" N, 90°44'25" W
  • Elevation: 643
  • Civil township: Kingston
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Tiff
• Brazil (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 657 east of Route Y and west of Courtois Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°50'46" N, 91°03'48" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 8
  • Civil township: Harmony
  • School district: Valley R-6
  • USGS Quad: Courtois
• Cadet (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 47 east of Route E
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°59'15" N, 90°41'18" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 803
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Mineral Point
  • Station and siding on the Iron Mountain railroad
• Caledonia (Village)
  • Population: 158 (Change since 1990: +11.3%)
  • Located at intersection MO 21 and MO 32
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'48" N, 90°46'20" W
  • Name origin: New Caledonia, Scotland
  • Founded: May 15, 1818 by Alex Craighead
• Camp Lakewood (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route AA north of MO 185 on Lake Sunnen
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°56'54" N, 90°55'49" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 4
  • Civil township: Walton
  • School district: Potosi R-3
  • USGS Quad: Shirley
• Cannon Mines (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 402 (Cannon Mines Road) south of Washington State Park and northeast of Old Mines
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°03'12" N, 90°41'53" W
  • Elevation: 794
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Tiff
• Clear Creek (Historical)
  • Located north of Belgrade near Clear Creek
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 20
  • Civil township: Belgrade
  • Maps: 1870 Wash. Co. and 1895 McNally
• Courtois (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route C near the far southwest corner of Washington County
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'53" N, 91°04'19" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 7-8
  • Civil township: Harmony
  • School district: Valley R-6
  • USGS Quad: Courtois
• Cruise Mill (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Cruise
  • Located near the MO 21 and MO 47 intersection west of Washington State Park
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°04'57" N, 90°43'58" W
  • Civil township: Kingston
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Tiff
• Delbridge (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route C south of Route Z
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°47'41" N, 90°59'12" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 1229
  • Civil township: Harmony
  • School district: Valley R-6
  • USGS Quad: Palmer
• Ebo (Unincorporated)
  • Located along MO 185 northwest of Potosi
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°01'35" N, 90°53'57" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 905
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Potosi R-3
  • USGS Quad: Ebo
• Fertile (Unincorporated)
  • Located near MO 21 and Route CC intersection
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°04'26" N, 90°41'08" W
  • Elevation: 762
  • Civil township: Kingston
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Tiff
  • Map: 1870 Wash. Co.
• Floyd (Historical)
  • Located on CR 208 just west of Camp Lakewood
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°57'15" N, 90°56'55" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 877
  • Civil township: Walton
  • USGS Quad: Shirley (Benchmark shown)
• Fountain Farm (Unincorporated)
  • Located just east of Route E north of Mineral Point
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°58'40" N, 90°43'07" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 32
  • Elevation: 842
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Mineral Point
  • At the end of a spur from the Iron Mountain Line
• Fourche a Renault (Historical)
  • Located on MO 185 at the crossing over Fourche a Renault, northwest of Latty
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°00'48" N, 90°52'39" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 13
  • Elevation: 728
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Ebo (Benchmark shown)
• French Town (Historical)
  • Located along CR 425 northeast of Mineral Point
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°57'18" N, 90°40'28" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 907
  • Civil township: Breton
  • USGS Quad: Mineral Point (Shows Missionary Church and a cluster of houses)
• Happy Hollow (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 47 between MO 21 and Route E
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°00'05" N, 90°43'30" W
  • Elevation: 876
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Tiff
• Holiday Shores (Unincorporated)
  • Subdivision located on a county road near MO 32 in the far southeast corner of Washington County
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°44'21" N, 90°40'28" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 14
  • Civil township: Bellevue
  • School district: Valley R-6
  • USGS Quad: Graniteville
• Hopewell (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Hopewell Furnace
  • Located at the intersection CR 506 and CR 507 southeast of Potosi
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°53'15" N, 90°42'10" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 33
  • Elevation: 858
  • Civil township: Breton
  • School district: Potosi R-3
  • USGS Quad: Mineral Point
  • Station on the Iron Mountain Line between Summit and Irondale
  • Founded: 1858 by John Evens
  • Source: Goodspeed
• Hulsey (Historical)
  • Located north of Pea Ridge along MO 185
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°10'49" N, 91°02'12" W
  • Survey: T. 40 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 949
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • USGS Quad: Meramec State Park (Benchmark shown)
  • Post office: Jun. 16, 1890-Jan. 31, 1916
  • Maps: 1870 Wash. Co. (Shown in Sec. 13) and 1916
• Hunters Mill (Historical)
  • Located north of Caledonia near the MO 21 bridge over Big River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°49'10" N, 90°46'35" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 24
  • Elevation: 830
  • Civil township: Concord
  • USGS Quad: Belgrade (Not shown)
• Irondale (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 437 (Change since 1990: -7.8%)
  • Located on Route M near Route U
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°50'07" N, 90°40'21" W
  • Name origin: Iron mining
  • Founded: 1858 by John G. Scott
• Ishmael (Historical)
  • Located on CR 663 east of Route Y north of Courtois
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°48'22" N, 91°03'24" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 29
  • Elevation: 850
  • Civil township: Harmony
  • USGS Quad: Courtois (Not shown)
• Kingston (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Kingston Furnace
  • Located north of Old Mines
  • Survey: Land Grant #2066 (T. 39 N., R. 3 E.)
  • Civil township: Kingston
  • Map: 1870 Wash. Co.
• Latty (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 185 northwest of Potosi
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°59'16" N, 90°51'02" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 30
  • Elevation: 815
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Potosi R-3
  • USGS Quad: Potosi
• Lawson (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Lawsons
  • Located northeast of Cadet
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 13
  • Maps: 1870 Wash. Co. and 1872
• Levy (Historical)
  • Located near the intersection of MO 8 and Route AA west of Shirley
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°54'48" N, 90°56'42" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 1076
  • Civil township: Walton
  • USGS Quad: Shirley (Not shown)
• Maryden (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route U between Irondale and Bismarck
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°47'47" N, 90°39'45" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 870
  • Civil township: Concord
  • School district: West St. Francois County R-4
  • USGS Quad: Irondale (Not shown)
• Mineral Point (Village)
  • Population: 363 (Change since 1990: -5.5%)
  • Located near end of Route O east of Potosi
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°56'43" N, 90°43'28" W
  • Name origin: minerals
  • Founded: 1858 by William C. Inks
• Mud Town (Unincorporated)
  • Located on a county road just northeast of Old Mines
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°01'10" N, 90°44'22" W
  • Elevation: 841
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Tiff (Not labeled, but does show Mud Town Creek)
• Northcutt (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Northcut
  • Located along CR 303 (?) east of Pea Ridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°07'21" N, 90°57'58" W
  • Survey: T. 39 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 7
  • Elevation: 658
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • USGS Quad: Ebo (Not shown)
• Old Mines (Unincorporated)
  • Located near southern intersection of MO 21 and MO 47
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°00'55" N, 90°45'21" W
  • Elevation: 797
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Old Mines
• Palmer (Historical)
  • Previously known as: Webster
  • Located on a county road past the end of Route Z
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°50'22" N, 90°59'45" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 13
  • Elevation: 901
  • Civil township: Harmony
  • USGS Quad: Palmer
  • Named after the Palmer Lead Company.
  • Founded: 1830
  • Source: Goodspeed
• Pea Ridge (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the end of Route EE
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°07'33" N, 91°02'31" W
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • School district: Potosi R-3
  • USGS Quad: Meramec State Park
• Peoria (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route JJ
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'22" N, 90°53'03" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 12
  • Civil township: Belgrade
  • School district: Valley R-6
  • USGS Quad: Palmer
• Potosi (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 2,662 (Change since 1990: -0.8%)
  • Located near intersections of MO 8, MO 21, and MO 185
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°56'16" N, 90°46'55" W
  • Name origin: Potosi, Bolivia
  • Founded: 1813 by Moses Austin
• Quaker (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route C between Courtois and Delbridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'52" N, 91°00'07" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 2
  • Civil township: Harmony
  • School district: Valley R-6
  • USGS Quad: Courtois
• Racola (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 21 north of Old Mines
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°01'57" N, 90°45'24" W
  • Elevation: 740
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Old Mines
  • Named for John Racola Coleman, landowner
  • Post office: Apr. 8, 1898 - Jan. 31, 1930
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 76)
• Richwoods (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route A just west of MO 47
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°09'37" N, 90°49'41" W
  • Elevation: 770
  • Civil township: Richwoods
  • School district: Richwoods R-7
  • USGS Quad: Richwoods
  • Post office: May 31, 1844 - Now
• Rockspring (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Rock Spring
  • Survey: T. 39 N., R. 1 W, Sec. 21
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • Map: 1870 Wash. Co.
• Shibboleth (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route E and CR 419 just north of MO 47
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°00'20" N, 90°42'19" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 799
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Tiff
• Shirley (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 8 east of Route AA intersection
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°54'54" N, 90°55'09" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 885
  • Civil township: Walton
  • School district: Potosi R-3
  • USGS Quad: Shirley
  • Named for James Shirley, town founder and storeowner.
  • Founded: ca. 1895 by James Shirley
• Springtown (Unincorporated)
  • Located near intersection MO 8, Route O, and Route U southeast of Potosi
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°55'25" N, 90°45'38" W
  • Elevation: 1053
  • Civil township: Breton
  • School district: Potosi R-3
  • USGS Quad: Potosi
• Summit (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Summit Switch
  • Located on MO 8 east of Potosi
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°54'43" N, 90°42'29" W
  • Elevation: 1007
  • Civil township: Breton
  • School district: Potosi R-3
  • USGS Quad: Mineral Point
  • Point on the Iron Mountain Line
• Sunlight (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 636 between Route DD and Route JJ
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'54" N, 90°54'18" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 2
  • Civil township: Belgrade
  • School district: Valley R-6
  • USGS Quad: Palmer
• Tiff (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 408 northeast of Cadet
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°01'09" N, 90°39'10" W
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Kingston K-14
  • USGS Quad: Tiff
  • Tiff is a slang term for the mineral barite, or barium sulphate
• Troutt (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 320 (?) northeast of Ebo
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°02'28" N, 90°53'50" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 840
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Potosi R-3
  • USGS Quad: Ebo
• Undine (Historical)
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 28
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • Map: 1870 Wash. Co.
• White (Historical)
  • Located southwest of Cadet near the junction of the Iron Mountain Line and the Pea Ridge Subdivision
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°58'47" N, 90°42'17" W
  • Survey: T. 38 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 28
  • Elevation: 836
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Mineral Point (Benchmark shown)

History

Name origin

Named for George Washington, first US President

Demographics