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Potosi is a city in Washington County, Missouri, United States. Potosi is seventy-two miles southwest of St. Louis. The population was 2,538 as of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Washington County. [4] Located in the Lead Belt, the city was founded in 1763 by French colonists as Mine à Breton or Mine au Breton.
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 ]
Potosi Correctional Center (PCC) is a Missouri Department of Corrections prison located in unincorporated Washington County, Missouri, [3] near Mineral Point. [4] 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.
Washington State Park is a public recreation area covering 2,157 acres (873 ha) in Washington County in the central eastern part of the state of Missouri. It is located on Highway 21 about 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Potosi or 7 miles (11 km) southwest of De Soto on the eastern edge of the Ozarks .
George Cresswell Furnace, also known as the George Cresswell Furnace Stack is a historic lead furnace located near Potosi, Washington County, Missouri.It was built about 1840, and is an open hearth furnace measuring about 100 feet square at its base and constructed of massive limestone blocks interlaced with mortar.
The Potosi Correctional Center of the Missouri Department of Corrections is located in an unincorporated area in Washington County, near Mineral Point. [13] The prison houses male death row inmates. [14] The old Missouri Pacific line between St. Louis and Texarkana serves Mineral Point.
Washington County Airport (FAA LID: 8WC) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Washington County, Missouri, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Potosi, Missouri,. [1]
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 entrance tower topped by a belfry. [2]: 5