Official Name: | Virgil City, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Missouri#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Virgil City |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
Subdivision Name2: | Cedar, Vernon |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 968 |
Coordinates: | 37.7664°N -94.0728°W |
Area Code: | 417 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 748534 |
Virgil City is an unincorporated community in Cedar County, Missouri. The community extends across the border into Vernon County. The community is south-southwest of El Dorado Springs and northeast of Montevallo.
Virgil City was platted in 1866, and named for Virgil W. Kimball, founder.[1] A post office called Virgil City was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1905.[2]
Virgil City has been the home of two members of the United States House of Representatives: Charles Germman Burton (a Republican) and Frank H. Lee (a Democrat). Virgil City was also the home of Orville D. Cochran, lawyer and a Democratic member of the Alaska Territorial Legislature.