Claryville, Missouri

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Claryville, Missouri
Unincorporated Community
Map of Missouri highlighting Perry County.svg
Location of Perry County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°53′32″N89°49′44″W / 37.89222°N 89.82889°W / 37.89222; -89.82889
Country United States
State Missouri
County Perry
Township Bois Brule
Elevation
[1]
374 ft (114 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63775
Area code 573
FIPS code 29-14230 [2]
GNIS feature ID735559 [1]

Claryville is an unincorporated community in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States. It is located twelve miles northeast of Perryville, sixty-three miles south of Saint Louis, and lies adjacent to the Mississippi River.

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Etymology

The spelling of the name was first Clearyville, as it was named for John Cleary, a nearby farmer. The name was eventually changed to correspond to the pronunciation. [3] Claryville was also known unofficially as West Chester. [4]

John W. Clary received the land for his service to the United States of America in the Mexican–American War, under the authority of the ScripWarrant Act of 1847 (9 Stat. 123) He was awarded the maximum amount of land, which was 160 acres, in his grant.

History

Claryville was first settled in 1869, and the town was platted in 1871. The first mayor was V.P. Tucker and its first merchant was E. J. Rhodes. As of 1912, the town had three general stores and a population of 140. [5] Subsequent floods over the years have diminished the town's population.

Geography

Claryville is situated in the Mississippi River Valley within an alluvial flood plain called the Bois Brule Bottom. Its location along the Mississippi River has made Claryville susceptible to flooding.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Claryville, Missouri
  2. ↑ Hometown Locator: Missouri "Claryville (Perry County, Missouri [MO]): Miscellaneous Information". Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ Missouri State Historical Society: Perry County Place Names http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_perry.html
  4. ↑ Joel P. Rhodes (2008). A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck. ISBN   9780826266422.
  5. ↑ Robert Sidney Douglass (1912). History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its ..., Volume 1. ISBN   9780722207536.


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