Old Greenville (23WE637)

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Old Greenville (23WE637)
Old Greenville.jpg
Nearest city Greenville, Missouri
Area181 acres (73 ha)
NRHP reference No. 90000005 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 17, 1990

Old Greenville, near Greenville, Missouri, is a historic site that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]

It is the former site of the town of Greenville, which was moved when it was believed the town would be flooded by a dam project in the 1940s. Buildings were moved; foundations remain behind. [2]

It is the site of a campground now, and it also includes the Old Greenville Cemetery where suffragist Alice Curtice Moyer is buried. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Postcard: Ozark Backcountry, May 15, 2000".
  3. "Old Greenville Recreation Area Topo Map in Wayne".