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Place Name
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Potosi
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Pronunciation
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puh-TO-see
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Washington County
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Population
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2,683 (1990)
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Location
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Washington County, Missouri (MO), United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°56'N
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Longitude
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90°46'W
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Potosi
(puh-TO-see), city (1990 pop. 2,683),  Washington
co., SE central Mo., in the Ozark Mts.,
55 mi/89 km SW of St. Louis; 37°56'N
90°46'W. Center of barite-mining area. Center of historic lead-mining
area, 1720s-1960s. Mfg. (transportation equip., apparel, lumber,
metal, limestone prods., shoes; barite processing). Potosi State
Correctional Center (scene of Mo. executions). Settled c.1773 as Mine
a Breton by French. Plotted 1814. Grave of Moses Austin, founder
of 1st Amer. colony in Texas. Inc. c.1826.
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