OSHS Cultural Heritage Center

Cultural Heritage Center

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Linn, MO 65051
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Historic Towns & Places

Name of Place	Description / History	Location	County(s)	Postal Service	Map Index
Van Buren	1839 - Methodist quarterly meeting held in "little meeting house" in Van Buren. Stone foundation is all that remains in the Van Buren cemetary. ca 1841 - "The next agitation for a town was the location of the county seat. A Mr. Goodman had a mill about five miles southeast of Linn site, and this land was bought and laid out into the town of Van Buren to secure the seat of justice; a valiant effort was made, but in vain, and the place soon died out. (17 ) ca 1842 - The first petitions for roads were from Evans' Ferry, on the Missouri, to Robert Goodman's mill. (17) April 10, 1842, court was ordered held at Van Buren... (17) November 4, 1842 court convened at Van Buren. In 1843 M. C. Davis and others made a feeble effort to remove the county seat to Van Buren again, bit in vain. (17 ) Robert Goodman owned and operated a mill there. There was also a blacksmith shop and a brewery. 1941 Osage Co. Centennial description 1976 Osage County Memory Book description See Goodman's Mill's	5 Miles south of Linn in Twp 43N, Rng 9W, Sec 36, north of Rich Fountain.	Gasconade Osage	N/A N/A	N/A
Vancleve		Northwestern county	Maries	1880-1930	1892 1895 1897 1901 1904 1913 1920
Venus		Central county, just west of Vienna.	Maries	1912-1932	1920
Veto	Veto is a discontinued PO in Johnson T. The postmaster saw the name on a stove and used it because it was short, though many people thought the name was given because President Cleveland was vetoing so many bills. (8)	Southeastern county just west of hwy 63 near the junction of Rt P.	Maries	1902-1932	1904 1920
Vichy Vichy Springs	Site of a popular resort spring in the early 1900's, with bath houses and a large hotel. Fire destroyed the hotel in 1920. (11) Today Vichy has a few business', churches and the Masonic Lodge which moved here from Bloomington (Lois).	Southeast county. On main route (hwy 63) between Rolla and Jefferson City.	Maries	1880-Pres	1895 1897 1901 1904 1913 1920
Vienna	1873 Post Road - From Bloomington, by Vienna, to Edina. Also, from Medora to Vienna. Also, from Osage City, by Taos, Castle Rock, Westphalia, and Maries, to Vienna. Also, from Vienna to Rolla. Also, from Vienna to Tuscumbia. (15) 1874 - The county seat twentythree miles northwest of Rolla, Phelps County and nineteen miles northeast of Dixon, Pulaski County, it's nearest station on the A.&P.R.R., is pleasently situated on high rolling land, about two miles west of the Gasconade. It was settled in 1855, has a population of about 250 and contains a neat brick court-house, a newspaper - The Courier, published by A.P. & A.J.Rittenhouse, two churches - Catholic and Methodist, one hotel, four stores and one wagon shop. (13)	Central county.	Maries	1856-Pres	1863 1873 1875 1878 1892 1895 1897 1901 1904 1913 1920
Viessmann		Central southwestern county.	Maries	1890-1903	1895 1897
Vosholl	1941 Osage Co. Centennial description 1976 Osage County Memory Book description	Northwest county between Linn and Bonnet's Mill.	Osage	1900-1923	1904 1913 1920