Plevna, Missouri
Census-designated place
Plevna is located in Missouri
Plevna
Plevna
Plevna is located in the United States
Plevna
Plevna
Coordinates: 39°58′25″N 92°05′11″W / 39.97361°N 92.08639°W / 39.97361; -92.08639
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyKnox
Area
[1]
 • Total1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2)
 • Land1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
[2]
791 ft (241 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total7
 • Density5.46/sq mi (2.11/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63469
Area code660
FIPS code29-58574
GNIS feature ID735795[2]

Plevna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southeastern Knox County, Missouri, United States.[2] It is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Edina on Missouri Route 15. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7.[3]

Plevna was platted in 1877.[4] According to author and name historian Robert Ramsay, the community is named after Plevna, Bulgaria,[5][6] site of a Russian victory at the Siege of Plevna during the Russo-Turkish War. A post office was established at Plevna in 1877.[7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20207—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 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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