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Belgrade is an unincorporated community in south central Washington County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route C, approximately five miles (10 km) west of Caledonia and ten miles (16 km) south of Potosi .
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]
Tomb of Moses Austin and Maria Brown Austin in Potosi behind the Presbyterian church built in 1832 A view of Potosi published in 1819 by H.R. Schoolcraft, captioned Potosi, alias Mine á Burton. A lead mining settlement at this spot, "Mine à Breton" or Mine au Breton, was founded between 1760 and 1780 by Francis Azor, of Brittany, France.
Belgrade Township is an inactive township in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [ 1 ] Belgrade Township most likely takes its name from the community of Belgrade, Missouri .
The formal geological name for the Lead Belt is the "Southeastern Missouri Mississippi Valley-type Mineral District". It contains the highest concentration of galena (lead(II) sulfide) in the world [2] as well as significant economic quantities of zinc, copper and silver and currently mined sub-economic quantities of metals such as cadmium, nickel and cobalt. [2]
The family's businesses in lead and mercantile in Missouri date from around 1824, when Firmin Rene Desloge built his own smelting furnace as an extension of his Potosi, Missouri, mercantile business. They grew to include the Missouri Lead Mining and Smelting Company in 1874 and the Desloge Lead Company in 1876, inclusively one of the largest ...
Baryties is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] History. A post office called Baryties was established in 1893, ...
Ebo is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located approximately 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Potosi on Route 185. Ebo is next to Ebo Creek, the etymology of which is unknown. [2] Ebo is mentioned as being one of the possible sites of Renault's earliest lead mining in Missouri. [3]