Official Name: | Clearwater, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | unincorporated community |
Mapsize: | 250x200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sainte Genevieve |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Saline |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 172 [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 564 |
Coordinates: | 37.7656°N -90.1383°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 63670 |
Area Code: | 573 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-14716 [2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 735962 [3] |
Clearwater is an unincorporated community in Saline Township in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately fifteen miles southwest of Sainte Genevieve on Missouri Supplemental Route W.
Clearwater was named by the town's first postmaster, J. C. Nations, for Clearwater, Florida, where his cousin lived. The town is on the west coast of Florida, near Tampa.[4]
A post office was established at Clearwater in 1929, and remained in operation until 1981.[5]