Virginia, Missouri

Virginia is an unincorporated community in Bates County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

For the community in Wayne County, see Virginia Settlement, Missouri.

History

Virginia was platted in 1871, and named after Virginia, the native home of a share of the first settlers.[2] A post office was established at Virginia in 1871, and remained in operation until 1906.[3]

gollark: Fair. Maybe there's a gap in the market for better online teaching of this stuff, somehow.
gollark: It's not like you can't learn stuff school doesn't cover, though.
gollark: I'm looking at the AQA one here, as my school seems to have arbitrarily chosen that.
gollark: I'm not sure if you get to pick them individually or if it's as a class somehow.
gollark: As well as the basic stuff the spec we're doing has "Astrophysics", "Medical physics", "Turning points in physics", "Engineering physics (re-branded Applied physics)" and "Electronics" options, it seems.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Virginia, Missouri
  2. "Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 September 2016.



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