Hematite, Missouri

map of Hematite in Missouri

Hematite is an unincorporated community in eastern Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located about seven miles northeast of De Soto. Stephen Osborn founded the community in 1861 and named it after the iron ore mineral hematite^[2] that is found there.

Notes

↑ "Hematite, 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. 180.

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Hillsboro

Cities	Arnold Byrnes Mill Crystal City De Soto Festus Herculaneum Hillsboro Kimmswick Olympian Village Pevely

Villages	Cedar Hill Lakes Lake Tekakwitha Parkdale Peaceful Village Scotsdale

CDPs	Barnhart Cedar Hill High Ridge Horine Imperial LaBarque Creek Murphy

Unincorporated communities	Dittmer Fletcher Grubville Hematite House Springs Liguori Mapaville Morse Mill Sulphur Springs Valles Mines

Coordinates: 38°12′07″N 90°28′51″W / 38.20194°N 90.48083°W / 38.20194; -90.48083

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