Cherry Valley, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in the US state of Missouri}}

Cherry Valley is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|737891}}

The community is at the intersection of Cherry Valley Road with Missouri Route BB. The Cherry Valley cemetery is approximately one mile to the southeast. The community of Elayer is about 1.5 miles to the northeast and Steelville is five miles to the west-northwest.Steelvile, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978

History

A post office called Cherry Valley was established in 1853, and remained in operation until 1857.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=24 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306175959/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |archivedate=6 March 2016 }} The community was named for the valley of the Cherry Valley Creek.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_crawford.html |title=Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=24 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071452/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_crawford.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Crawford County, Missouri

Category:1853 establishments in Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri