Plum Valley, Missouri

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Plum Valley is an extinct town in west central Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. [1] The community lies near the East Fork of Roubidoux Creek, approximately one mile west of Missouri Route 17 and 3.5 miles west of Bucyrus. [2]

A post office called Plum Valley was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1910. [3] The community was named for a grove of wild plum trees near the original town site. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "GNIS Detail - Plum Valley". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 December 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

Coordinates: 37°21′36″N92°04′58″W / 37.36000°N 92.08278°W / 37.36000; -92.08278


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