Valles Mines, Missouri

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Valles Mines is an unincorporated community in southern Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located approximately seven miles south of De Soto. It is located on Missouri Route V less than one mile west of U.S. Route 67. Joachim Creek flows past the north side of the community. [2] The ZIP Code for Valles Mines is 63087. [3]

A post office called Valles Mines was established in 1826. [4] The community is named after François Vallé, who established lead mines there in the 18th century. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valles Mines, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme 1st ed. 1998, p. 49 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ "Valles Mines ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  181.

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