Montevallo, Missouri

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Montevallo is an unincorporated community in southeast Vernon County, Missouri, United States. [1] The community is on Missouri Route E between Milo (10 miles west) and Olympia four miles to the east in adjacent Cedar County. Nevada is approximately 16 miles to the northeast. [2]

History

Montevallo was platted in the 1850s. [3] The community was severely damaged during the Civil War. [4] The original town site, located approximately one and one-half miles northwest of the present town, is now known as "Old Montevallo". [5] The entire town was moved to its present location sometime after the Civil War. [6] A post office was established at Montevallo in 1858, and remained in operation until being discontinued in 1968. [7] Montevallo is derived from Italian words for the hill in the valley. [8]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montevallo, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 50, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "The Nevada Daily Mail". May 11, 1960. p. 8. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Area towns approaching 100". The Nevada Daily Mail. August 14, 1970. p. 10. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Montevallo (historical)
  6. ↑ "Vernon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Vernon County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  8. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 368.

37°43′34″N94°06′30″W / 37.72611°N 94.10833°W / 37.72611; -94.10833


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