Valles Mines, Missouri

Valles Mines is an unincorporated community in southern Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located about seven miles south of De Soto and is less than a mile from U.S. Route 67. It is in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.

A post office called Valles Mines was established in 1826.^[2] The community is named after François Vallé, who established lead mines there in the 18th century.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valles Mines, Missouri
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
↑ "Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 181.

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Hillsboro

Cities	Arnold Byrnes Mill Crystal City De Soto Festus Herculaneum Hillsboro Kimmswick Olympian Village Pevely

Villages	Cedar Hill Lakes Lake Tekakwitha Parkdale Peaceful Village Scotsdale

Townships	Arnold Big River Central High Ridge Imperial Joachim Meramec Plattin River View Rock Valle Windsor

CDPs	Barnhart Cedar Hill High Ridge Horine Imperial LaBarque Creek Murphy

Unincorporated communities	Antonia Bailey Belews Creek Bushburg Danby Dittmer Donnell Fletcher Flucom Frumet Goldman Grubville Hematite House Springs Jarvis Knorpp Liguori Local Ludwig Mapaville Melzo Morse Mill Papin Riverside Seckman Selma Sulphur Springs Valles Mines Victoria Vineland Ware

Coordinates: 38°02′31″N 90°29′59″W / 38.04194°N 90.49972°W / 38.04194; -90.49972

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