Pennville, Missouri

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Pennville is an unincorporated community in northeast Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is on Missouri Route 129 approximately 14 miles northeast of Milan and eight miles south-southeast of Unionville in adjacent Putnam County. [2]

History

A post office called Pennville was established in 1856, and remained in operation until 1909. [3] The community most likely was named after Penn Township. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pennville, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 16, ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sullivan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

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