Mineral City, Missouri
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Mineral City is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in southern St. Francois County, in the
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of
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. The community lies on
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, southwest of Doe Run. Stono Mountain and the headwaters of Doe Run Creek lie to the west. Mineral City had its start as a lead-mining settlement, hence the name.


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Unincorporated communities in St. Francois County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{StFrancoisCountyMO-geo-stub