Schalls, Missouri. | |
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 Location of Perry County, Missouri | |
| Coordinates: 37°40′01″N89°41′11″W / 37.66694°N 89.68639°W Coordinates: 37°40′01″N89°41′11″W / 37.66694°N 89.68639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Perry |
| Township | Union |
| Elevation | 620 ft (189 [1] m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 63775 |
| Area code(s) | 573 |
| GNIS feature ID | 726093 [2] |
Schalls is an unincorporated community in Union Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States. [3] Schalls is situated in the north-central corner of Perry County. A post office was maintained from 1886 through 1910. The community was named after Maritz Schall, a pioneer stock dealer and farmer. [3] [4] [5]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Union is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Perry County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,971. Its county seat is Perryville. The county was officially organized on November 16, 1820 from Ste. Genevieve County and was named after Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero of the War of 1812.
