Readsville is an unincorporated community in southeastern Callaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located along Missouri Route D approximately six miles north of Portland and the Missouri River and seven miles south of Williamsburg and I-70. The community of Yucatan is three miles north along Route D.
History
Readsville was settled in 1856 by John A. Read, for whom it was named. A post office was established at Readsville in 1856, and remained in operation until 1954.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Readsville, Missouri
- Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.38 ISBN 0899332242
- Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 268.
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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