St. Patrick or Saint Patrick 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
Clark County Clark County may refer to:
*Clark County, Arkansas
*Clark County, Idaho
*Clark County, Illinois
*Clark County, Indiana
*Clark County, Kansas
*Clark County, Kentucky
*Clark County, Missouri
*Clark County, Nevada, containing Las Vegas
*Clark County, ...
,
Missouri
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, United States. It is located approximately ten miles northwest of
Canton on
Route 81. The community was founded in 1833 by Irish immigrants, who named it after the patron saint of Ireland,
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick (; or ; ) was a fifth-century Romano-British culture, Romano-British Christian missionary and Archbishop of Armagh, bishop in Gaelic Ireland, Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Irelan ...
. Today, it is best known as the home of the Shrine of St. Patrick, a medieval-inspired Catholic church.
St. Patrick is part of the
Fort Madison
Fort Madison is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, Lee County, Iowa, United States along with Keokuk, Iowa, Keokuk. Of Iowa's 99 counties, Lee County is the only one with two county seats. The population was 10,270 at the time of ...
–
Keokuk,
IA-MO
Micropolitan Statistical Area.
St. Patrick was originally called St. Marysville, and under the latter name was platted in 1857.
Notes
Unincorporated communities in Clark County, Missouri
Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-IL-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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