St. Catharine, Missouri

Census-Designated Place in Missouri, United States

39°47′42″N 92°59′40″W / 39.79500°N 92.99444°W / 39.79500; -92.99444CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyLinnArea

^[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 code29-64046GNIS 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
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	78		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[6]

References

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