Readsville, Missouri

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Readsville is an unincorporated community in southeastern Callaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is located along Missouri Route D approximately six miles north of Portland and the Missouri River and seven miles south of Williamsburg and I-70. The community of Yucatan is three miles north along Route D. [2]

History

Readsville was settled in 1856 by John A. Read, for whom it was named. [3] A post office was established at Readsville in 1856, and remained in operation until 1954. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Readsville, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.38 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 268.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

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