Gravel Hill, Missouri

Gravel Hill is an unincorporated community in Cape Girardeau County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

History

A post office called Gravel Hill was established in 1877, the name was changed to Gravelhill in 1894, and the post office closed in 1907.[2] The post office was named for the gravel deposits on a hill near the original town site.[3]

gollark: I don't know if the rules allow it but meh.
gollark: Move stuff so it's BABA IS MELT AND YOU at the bottom, and you should be left with BABA IS, and push the IS to beside the HOT then put the BABA beside that.
gollark: Or probably "WATER IS YOU".
gollark: You could move stuff so "BABA IS HOT", I guess.
gollark: I see.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gravel Hill, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)



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