Silva, Missouri

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Silva
Unincorporated community
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Silva
Location within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 37°10′34″N90°27′49″W / 37.17611°N 90.46361°W / 37.17611; -90.46361
Country United States
State Missouri
County Wayne
Elevation
[1]
404 ft (123 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63964 [2]
Area code 573
GNIS feature ID752158 [1]

Silva is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri, United States.

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History

A post office called Silva has been in operation since 1902. [3] An early postmaster gave the community the name of one of her acquaintances. [4]

Silva is home to Camp Lewallen, a Boy Scout Camp serving the Scouts of the Greater St. Louis Area Council. [5] It has a replica statue of the Strengthen the Arm of Liberty. [6]

Silva was struck by three tornadoes. The first one struck the town on May 21, 1957, hitting four farms, damaging other structures, and unroofing a few houses. [7] The second one struck on May 25, 2011. A camper, a mobile home, and several vehicles were destroyed, churches were damaged, and many roads were blocked by fallen trees. Two people were injured by one of those fallen trees. [8] In the 2011 Super Outbreak, it was also struck by an F1 tornado, which damaged the side of a church and downed several trees. [9]

Geography

Silva is located on U.S. Route 67 just south of Missouri Route 34, approximately thirteen miles east of Piedmont and three miles north of Greenville. The community is at the north end of Lake Wappapello and the St. Francis River flows past one mile to the west. Two tributaries of the St. Francis River, Bounds Creek and Hubble Creek, also flow through Silva. The community has access to Sam A. Baker State Park from the west. [10]

Education

Silva is served by the Greenville R-II School District in nearby Greenville. The community is also home to New Hope Christian Academy.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silva, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Silva ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Camp Lewallen". Greater St. Louis Area Council. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Replica Statue of Liberty Search". BSA Troop 101. Cheyenne, WY. Archived from the original on September 10, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Storm Events Database". ncdc.noaa.gov. NOAA.
  8. ↑ "Missouri Event Report: EF3 Tornado". National Centers for Environmental Information. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Damage Survey Results For Wayne County Missouri Tornado". National Weather Service Office in Paducah, Kentucky. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. May 4, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  10. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, pp. 56-7 ISBN   0899332242


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