Valles Mines, Missouri

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]

A post office called Valles Mines was established in 1826.[3] The community is named after François Vallé, who established lead mines there in the 18th century.[4][5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valles Mines, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme 1st ed. 1998, p. 49 ISBN 0899332242
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  4. "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.
  5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 181.


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