Whig Valley was first settled in 1846[5] by Theodore Higley and gave the locality its name due to his admiration of Whig Party political leader Henry Clay.[6] The majority of settlers in Whig Valley were from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Similarly, in nearby southwestern Nodaway County near Fairview settlers named their locale Whig Valley as well.[6] During the Civil War many of the originally settlers left this region and northerners from Ohio came in.[5]
A post office was established in 1861 and named Whig Valley in this area.[7] Later a store was built in 1870, and the town was platted in 1876.[5] But when Maitland was established in 1881, the town of Whig Valley dissipated, and the post office closed that same year.
Highly Creek is the largest stream that flows through this area, depositing in the Nodaway River south of Maitland, two other streams Buck Creek and Whig Valley also makeup the waterways of this subregion.[9]
Route 113 is the only major highway that traverses this valley, traveling north-south along the eastern side paralleling the Nodaway River.
Communities
The extinct hamlets of Kings Grove, Whig Valley, and White's Ford all existed in this area. White's Ford was along the Nodaway River around where Maitland is today.[10]
↑ Derr, Eileen (1981). Gone home: Directory of the deceased and items of history of Holt County, Missouri, 1837-1981. Holt County Missouri Historical Society.
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