Gravelton, Missouri

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Gravelton is an unincorporated community in northeastern Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is on the banks of Big Creek and one mile east of the community of Cascade. [2]

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History

A post office called Gravelton was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1956. [3] The community was named for the gravel used to construct the town's early concrete buildings. [4]

Notable person

John Henry Raney, a U.S. Representative from Missouri, was born at Gravelton in 1849. [5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gravelton, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ Congress, United States. (1913). A Biographical Congressional Directory. U.S. Government Printing Office. p.  943.

37°17′54″N90°15′14″W / 37.29833°N 90.25389°W / 37.29833; -90.25389

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