Tiff, Missouri

For the location in McDonald County, see Tiff City, Missouri.

Tiff
Unincorporated community
Tiff post office
Country	United States
State	Missouri

Coordinates	38°01′09″N 90°39′10″W / 38.01917°N 90.65278°W / 38.01917; -90.65278Coordinates: 38°01′09″N 90°39′10″W / 38.01917°N 90.65278°W / 38.01917; -90.65278

Postal code	63674

Tiff is an unincorporated community in eastern Washington County, Missouri, United States. It is located about eight miles northeast of Potosi. It was named for the barite ore found here, also known as "tiff". The community was founded as a company town in the early 1900s by John Cambel to house miners for his South East Missouri Barytes Company.^[1]

St. Joseph Catholic Church in Tiff, Missouri

References

↑ St. Joseph's Parish, Tiff, Missouri at the Wayback Machine (archived March 15, 2012)

Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Potosi

Cities	Irondale Potosi

Villages	Caledonia Mineral Point

Townships	Belgrade Belleview Breton Concord Harmony Johnson Kingston Liberty Richwoods Union Walton

Unincorporated communities	Belgrade Berryman Cadet Courtois Hopewell Old Mines Richwoods Tiff

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