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A minor but still significant source of production in the "Old Lead Belt," the Leadwood mine closed down in 1962.<ref>https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5140/pdf/Chapter1.pdf</ref> Unlike other former mining towns, which have found ways to diversify and recover lost ground, Leadwood has generally declined since that point, though there were signs of a revival in the 2000s.
A minor but still significant source of production in the "Old Lead Belt," the Leadwood mine closed down in 1962.<ref>https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5140/pdf/Chapter1.pdf</ref> Unlike other former mining towns, which have found ways to diversify and recover lost ground, Leadwood has generally declined since that point, though there were signs of a revival in the 2000s.
==Geography==
Leadwood is located along Missouri State Highway 8 in west-central St. Francois County, about four miles west of [[Park Hills, Missouri|Park Hills]] and four miles southwest of [[Bonne Terre, Missouri|Bonne Terre]]. Its exact coordinates are 37°51’52”N 90°35’26”W.
The city is located within the St. Francois Mountains, with the Big River passing just to the northeast and Owl Creek, for which Leadwood was originally named, flowing into it a short distance to the east. It has a total land area of 1.16 square miles, and an average elevation of 805 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
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