Plevna, Missouri
Plevna, Missouri | |
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  Plevna  Plevna | |
| Coordinates: 39°58′25″N 92°05′11″W / 39.97361°N 92.08639°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 | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 791 ft (241 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 7 |
| • Density | 5.46/sq mi (2.11/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 63469 |
| Area code | 660 |
| FIPS code | 29-58574 |
| GNIS feature ID | 735795[2] |
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 2020 census, its population was 7.[3]
Plevna was platted in 1877.[4] According to author and name historian Robert Ramsay, the community is named after Plevna, Bulgaria,[5][6] site of a Russian victory at the Siege of Plevna during the Russo-Turkish War. A post office was established at Plevna in 1877.[7]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 7 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ a b c 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 June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 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 October 23, 2016.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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