St. Catharine, Missouri

Saint Catharine is an unincorporated community in Linn County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located about four miles east of Brookfield on Route 11. Its post office has closed, and its mail now comes from Brookfield. The community was founded in 1856, and is not named for Catherine of Alexandria, but instead for Mrs. Catherine Elliot, by her husband, William Elliot.^[2]

Notes

↑ "Saint Catharine, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 188.

Municipalities and communities of Linn County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Linneus

Cities	Brookfield Browning‡ Bucklin Laclede Linneus Marceline‡ Meadville Purdin

Unincorporated communities	New Boston St. Catherine Shelby

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°47′42″N 92°59′40″W / 39.7951°N 92.9944°W / 39.7951; -92.9944