Extinct town in the American state of Missouri
Avery is an extinct town in eastern Crawford County , in the U.S. state of Missouri .[1] The townsite lies above Avery Hollow about two miles west of Onondaga Cave State Park . Missouri Route MM is adjacent to the site and the Avery cemetery lies between route MM and Avery Hollow.[2] [3]
A post office called Avery was established in 1853, and remained in operation until 1865.[4] The community most likely took its name from Avery Valley, which has the name of a local family.[5]
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avery (historical)
^ Leesburg, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1948
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ "Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016 .
^ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)" . The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016 .((cite web ))
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