Plevna, Missouri

Plevna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southeastern Knox County, Missouri, United States.[2] It is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Edina on Missouri Route 15. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 21.[1]

Plevna, Missouri
Plevna
Plevna
Coordinates: 39°58′25″N 92°05′11″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyKnox
Area
  Total1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2)
  Land1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2)
  Water0.004 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation791 ft (241 m)
Population
  Total21
  Density16/sq mi (6.3/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63469
Area code(s)660
FIPS code29-58574[1]
GNIS feature ID735795[2]

Plevna was platted in 1877.[3] According to author and name historian Robert Ramsay, the community is named after Plevna, Bulgaria,[4][5] site of a Russian victory at the Siege of Plevna during the Russo-Turkish War. A post office was established at Plevna in 1877.[6]

References

  1. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Plevna CDP, Missouri". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plevna, Missouri
  3. "Knox County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names 2nd edition. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. 1973. ISBN 0-8262-0586-0.
  5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 182.
  6. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 October 2016.


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