Tiff, Missouri

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Tiff
Unincorporated community
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Tiff post office
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Tiff
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Tiff
Coordinates: 38°01′09″N90°39′10″W / 38.01917°N 90.65278°W / 38.01917; -90.65278
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
Elevation
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659 ft (201 m)
Postal code
63674
GNIS feature ID727649 [1]

Tiff is an unincorporated community in eastern Washington County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located approximately eight miles northeast of Potosi. The community was named for the barite ore found here, also known as "tiff". [2] The community was founded as a company town in the early 1900s by John Cambel to house miners for his South East Missouri Barytes Company. [3] A post office called Tiff has been in operation since 1905. [4]

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St. Joseph Catholic Church in Tiff, Missouri

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tiff, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Washington County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ St. Joseph's Parish, Tiff, Missouri at the Wayback Machine (archived March 15, 2012)
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 30, 2016.


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