Readsville, Missouri

Readsville is an unincorporated community in southeastern Callaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located along Missouri Route D approximately six miles north of Portland and the Missouri River and seven miles south of Williamsburg and I-70. The community of Yucatan is three miles north along Route D.[2]

History

Readsville was settled in 1856 by John A. Read, for whom it was named.[3] A post office was established at Readsville in 1856, and remained in operation until 1954.[4]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Readsville, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.38 ISBN 0899332242
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 268.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 September 2016.



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