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Census-designated place in Missouri, United States
Plevna, Missouri
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 39°58′25″N 92°05′11″W / 39.97361°N 92.08639°W / 39.97361; -92.08639
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyKnox
Area
 • Total1.28 sq mi (3.32 km)
 • Land1.28 sq mi (3.32 km)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km)
Elevation791 ft (241 m)
Population
 • Total7
 • Density5.46/sq mi (2.11/km)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code63469
Area code660
FIPS code29-58574
GNIS feature ID735795

Plevna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southeastern Knox County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Edina on Missouri Route 15. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7.

Plevna was platted in 1877. According to author and name historian Robert Ramsay, the community is named after Plevna, Bulgaria, site of a Russian victory at the Siege of Plevna during the Russo-Turkish War. A post office was established at Plevna in 1877.

Demographics

Historical population
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U.S. Decennial Census

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plevna, Missouri
  3. "2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  4. "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)
  5. Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names 2nd edition. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. 1973. ISBN 0-8262-0586-0.
  6. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 182.
  7. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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