Plevna, Missouri Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. August 28, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). United States Census Bureau. November 17, 2021.
  3. Web site: Knox County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 23 October 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070545/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_knox.html. 24 June 2016.
  4. Book: Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names 2nd edition. 1973. University of Missouri Press. Columbia, Missouri. 0-8262-0586-0.
  5. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1916 . 182.
  6. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 23 October 2016.