Steffenville, Missouri

Steffenville is an unincorporated community in southwestern Lewis County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route D about 22 miles southwest of Canton. The community is part of the Quincy, ILMO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office called Steffenville was established in 1872, and remained in operation until 1988.[2] Steffenville was named for Henry Steffens, a pioneer settler.[3] The Steffens family was the original owner of the town site.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Steffenville, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 185.
  4. "Lewis County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 26 October 2016.

Coordinates: 39°58′14″N 91°52′56″W / 39.97056°N 91.88222°W / 39.97056; -91.88222


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