Tiff, Missouri

For the location in McDonald County, see Tiff City, Missouri.

Tiff is an unincorporated community in eastern Washington County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located approximately eight miles northeast of Potosi. The community was named for the barite ore found here, also known as "tiff".^[2] The community was founded as a company town in the early 1900s by John Cambel to house miners for his South East Missouri Barytes Company.^[3] A post office called Tiff has been in operation since 1905.^[4]

St. Joseph Catholic Church in Tiff, Missouri

Tiff
Unincorporated community
Tiff post office
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Coordinates: 38°01′09″N 90°39′10″W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Elevation [1]	659 ft (201 m)
Postal code	63674
GNIS feature ID	727649[1]