Valley Forge, Missouri

Valley Forge is an extinct town in St. Francois County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1]

A variant spelling was "Valle Forge".^[1] Valley Forge had its start in 1854 when one Mr. Valle built a blast furnace at the town site.^[2] A post office called Valley Forge was established in 1867, and remained in operation until 1900.^[3]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valley Forge (historical)
↑ "St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Saint Francois County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Farmington
Cities	Bismarck Bonne Terre Desloge Farmington Iron Mountain Lake Leadington Leadwood Park Hills
Townships	Big River Iron Liberty Marion Pendleton Perry Randolph St. Francois
CDPs	Doe Run Frankclay Terre du Lac Wortham
Other unincorporated communities	Blackwell Cross Roads De Lassus Derby French Village Gumbo Halifax Hamilton Town Hazel Run Hurryville Iron Mountain Knob Lick Koester Libertyville Loughboro Mineral City Middlebrook‡ Mitchell Ogborn Rock Springs Settletown Silver Springs Syenite
Ghost town	Valley Forge
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°47′07″N 90°22′24″W / 37.785329°N 90.373455°W / 37.785329; -90.373455

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