Gravelton, Missouri

Gravelton is an unincorporated community in northeastern Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|718747}} The community is on the banks of Big Creek and one mile east of the community of Cascade.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}

History

A post office called Gravelton was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1956.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Wayne | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 January 2017}} The community was named for the gravel used to construct the town's early concrete buildings.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_wayne.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071734/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_wayne.html |archivedate=June 24, 2016 |url-status=live |title=Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945 |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=January 1, 2017 }}

Notable person

John Henry Raney, a U.S. Representative from Missouri, was born at Gravelton in 1849.{{cite book|last=Congress|first=United States.|title=A Biographical Congressional Directory|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalcong00unitrich|year=1913|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/biographicalcong00unitrich/page/943 943]}}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri