Lithium is a village

Village

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 located in Perry County, Missouri

Perry County, Missouri

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. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population

Population

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 of 0. An Associated Press

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 article from 2001, however, states that about 50 people in fact reside there, but may have been counted as part of Perry County's rural population.

Lithium had a ZIP Code

ZIP Code

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 of 63775, but it has since been declared by the United States Postal Service

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 to be "Not Acceptable - Use Perryville

Perryville, Missouri

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Geography

Lithium is located at 37°49'56" North, 89°53'1" West (37.832223, -89.883862).

The village has a total area of 0.001924 mile² (4983 m²), and is claimed to be the municipality with the smallest land area in the United States.http://www.nlc.org/about_cities/cities_101/181.aspx