Montevallo, Missouri

Montevallo is an unincorporated community in southeast Vernon County, Missouri, United States.[1] The community is on Missouri Route E between Milo (10 miles west) and Olympia four miles to the east in adjacent Cedar County. Nevada is approximately 16 miles to the northeast.[2]

History

Montevallo was platted in the 1850s.[3] The community was severely damaged during the Civil War.[4] The original town site, located approximately one and one-half miles northwest of the present town, is now known as "Old Montevallo".[5] The entire town was moved to its present location sometime after the Civil War.[6] A post office was established at Montevallo in 1858, and remained in operation until being discontinued in 1968.[7] Montevallo is derived from Italian words for the hill in the valley.[8]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montevallo, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 50, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "The Nevada Daily Mail". May 11, 1960. p. 8. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  4. "Area towns approaching 100". The Nevada Daily Mail. August 14, 1970. p. 10. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Montevallo (historical)
  6. "Vernon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  7. "Vernon County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  8. Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 368.

37°43′34″N 94°06′30″W


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