Plevna, Missouri
Plevna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southeastern Knox County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Edina on Missouri Route 15. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7. [2]
Plevna, Missouri | |
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  Plevna  Plevna | |
| Coordinates: 39°58′25″N 92°05′11″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Knox |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2) |
| • Land | 1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2) |
| • Water | 0.004 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 791 ft (241 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 7 |
| • Density | 5.47/sq mi (2.11/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 63469 |
| Area code(s) | 660 |
| FIPS code | 29-58574 |
| GNIS feature ID | 735795[1] |
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
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plevna, Missouri
- "2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names 2nd edition. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. 1973. ISBN 0-8262-0586-0.
- Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 182.
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
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