Quickfacts:

• Township: Saline
• Previously known as: Ulam
• Located on Route WW southeast of Coffman

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History
    Clearwater is located on Highway WW in southwest Ste. Genevieve County.  Jim Nations built a small store that provided necessities for the people in the community.  When the Nations got the post office, they enlarged the store building, and named the town, perhaps getting the name from the creek that flows nearby.  By enlarging the building, they increased their grocery supply for the area.  later they added gas pumps as cars became more numerous.  Like many other country stores of the era, as folks came for supplies and mail, much conversation took place as friends and neighbors exchanged "news" from the different areas from which they came.
    The post office served the people for other 50 years.  They came from several miles to receive their mail, as there was no route service out of the post office.  Today, Clearwater no longer has a post office; it has gone the way of many others.  The people of the area receive their mail today from Ste. Genevieve, HC Route 1.

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Maps

Sources:

1. Ste. Genevieve Family Histories