Hematite is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in eastern
Jefferson County,
Missouri
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, United States. It is located approximately seven miles northeast of
De Soto De Soto commonly refers to
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.
Hematite was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bea ...
ted in 1861. The community was named for nearby deposits of
hematite. A post office called Hematite has been in operation since 1858, and the
United Nuclear Corporation
The United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) was a diversified nuclear mining, development, and applications company based out of the United States. Formed in 1961 as a joint venture between the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, the Mallinckrodt Co ...
's reactor fuel production plant operated in the area from 1957 until 2001.
Notes
Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
Populated places established in 1861
1861 establishments in Missouri
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