Cherryville, Missouri

Cherryville is an unincorporated community in southeastern Crawford County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Route 19, approximately ten miles south of Steelville, at the northern terminus of Route 49.[2] It is near the Mark Twain National Forest.

A post office called Cherryville has been in operation since 1862.[3] The community most likely was named for cherry trees near the original town site.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cherryville, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)



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