A post office called Valles Mines was established in 1826.[4] The community is named after François Vallé, who established lead mines there in the 18th century.[5][6]
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^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valles Mines, Missouri
valles, mines, missouri, valles, mines, unincorporated, community, southern, jefferson, county, missouri, united, states, located, approximately, seven, miles, south, soto, located, missouri, route, less, than, mile, west, route, joachim, creek, flows, past, n. Valles Mines is an unincorporated community in southern Jefferson County Missouri United States 1 It is located approximately seven miles south of De Soto It is located on Missouri Route V less than one mile west of U S Route 67 Joachim Creek flows past the north side of the community 2 The ZIP Code for Valles Mines is 63087 3 A post office called Valles Mines was established in 1826 4 The community is named after Francois Valle who established lead mines there in the 18th century 5 6 References Edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Valles Mines Missouri Missouri Atlas amp Gazetteer DeLorme 1st ed 1998 p 49 ISBN 0899332242 Valles Mines ZIP Code zipdatamaps com 2022 Retrieved November 11 2022 Post Offices Jim Forte Postal History Retrieved 20 October 2016 Jefferson County Place Names 1928 1945 archived The State Historical Society of Missouri Archived from the original on 24 June 2016 Retrieved 20 October 2016 Eaton David Wolfe 1916 How Missouri Counties Towns and Streams Were Named The State Historical Society of Missouri pp 181 Coordinates 38 02 31 N 90 29 59 W 38 04194 N 90 49972 W 38 04194 90 49972 This Jefferson County Missouri state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Valles Mines Missouri amp oldid 1126277401, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
