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, Missouri
unincorporated community
Location of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°45′56″N 90°08′18″W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Sainte Genevieve
Township	Saline
Elevation	564 ft (172 [1] m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	63670
Area code	573
FIPS code	29-14716 [2]
GNIS feature ID	735962 [3]

History

Clearwater was named by the town's first postmaster, J. C. Nations, for Clearwater, Florida, where his cousin lived. The town on the west coast of Florida, near Tampa, is now known as Clearwater Harbor.[4]

A post office was established at Clearwater in 1929, and remained in operation until 1981.[5]

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