Official Name: | Plevna, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Missouri#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Plevna |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Knox |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 3.32 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.32 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.28 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.28 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 7 |
Population Density Km2: | 2.11 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 5.46 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 791 |
Coordinates: | 39.9736°N -92.0864°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 63469 |
Area Code: | 660 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-58574 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 735795 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Plevna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southeastern Knox County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately southeast of Edina on Missouri Route 15. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7.[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]