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 March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  4. "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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