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