Santa Fe is an unincorporated community in southeastern Monroe County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately twenty-five miles north of Mexico, near the southern edge of Mark Twain Lake.
Santa Fe was founded in 1836 and named for Santa Fe, New Mexico.[2][3] The post office at Santa Fe has been in operation since 1854.[4]
The Mark Twain State Park Picnic Shelter at Buzzard's Roost was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[5] The Clemens family (one of whom was Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. "Mark Twain") owned several tracts of land in the area.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Santa Fe, Missouri
- ^ Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780826205865.
- ^ "Monroe County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.