St. Catharine, Missouri
unincorporated community in Missouri
Saint Catharine or St. Catharine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southeast Linn County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, St. Catharine had a population of 78.
Saint Catharine is located approximately four miles east of Brookfield on Missouri Route 11 in the Yellow Creek Township. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad passes the south side of the community.
History
An old stagecoach road ran near here, from Hannibal, Mo. to Saint Joseph, Mo., called the "Hound Dog Trail" and dates to the early 19th century. St. Catharine was founded in 1856, and is not named for Catherine of Alexandria, but instead for Mrs.
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