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Potosi, Missouri. / 37.93361°N 90.77500°W / 37.93361; -90.77500. Potosi is a city in Washington County, Missouri, United States. Potosi is seventy-two miles southwest of St. Louis. The population was 2,660 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Washington County. [4]
Potosi Correctional Center ( PCC) is a Missouri Department of Corrections prison located in unincorporated Washington County, Missouri, near Mineral Point. [ 3] The facility currently houses 800 death row, maximum security and high-risk male inmates. [citation needed] The facility, which opened in 1989, is a maximum security prison. In 1989 it ...
Washington County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 23,514. [1] The county seat and largest city is Potosi. [2] The county was officially organized on August 21, 1813, and was named in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United ...
Elephant Rocks State Park. / 37.65444°N 90.68806°W / 37.65444; -90.68806. Elephant Rocks State Park is a state-owned geologic reserve and public recreation area encompassing an outcropping of Precambrian granite in the Saint Francois Mountains in the U.S. state of Missouri. The state park is named for a string of large granite ...
Washington County Courthouse (Missouri) / 37.93667°N 90.78806°W / 37.93667; -90.78806. Washington County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Potosi, Washington County, Missouri. It was built in 1908, and is a two-story, Renaissance Revival style brick building with a hipped roof. It features a projecting three-story ...
Missouri is currently divided into 8 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives . Due to the 2010 census, Missouri lost a congressional seat in 2013. The biggest impact has been in the 3rd congressional district (which includes portions of St. Louis which had large population losses in ...
Old Mines, Missouri. / 38.01528°N 90.75611°W / 38.01528; -90.75611. Old Mines ( French: La Vieille Mine) is the name of an unincorporated community and surrounding area in southeast Missouri that were settled by French colonists in the early 18th century when the area was part of the Illinois Country of New France. [1]
Missouri Route 185. Route 185 is a highway in eastern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Route 100 west of Washington; its southern terminus is at Route 8 in Potosi. A spur of Highway 185 goes into Meramec State Park, Miramiguoa Park, and Meramec Conservation Area .