Saverton, Missouri

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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Ralls

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|area_total_km2 = 3.29

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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.27

|area_land_sq_mi = 0.96

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.31

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|population_total = 213

|population_density_km2 = 85.23

|population_density_sq_mi = 220.73

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Saverton is an unincorporated community in eastern Ralls County, Missouri, United States. It is located adjacent to the Mississippi River, approximately ten miles southeast of Hannibal. Saverton is part of the Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Saverton was founded in 1819 and is named after the local Saverton family, who were likely prominent in the area.{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ralls.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070902/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ralls.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Ralls County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= December 11, 2016}} A post office called Saverton has been in operation since 1832.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Ralls | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=27 November 2016}}

Saverton School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}