Longwood (also Hermantown or Oak Grove) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in northeast Pettis County,

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, United States. It is located on Missouri Route BB approximately two miles east of US Route 65 and thirteen miles north of Sedalia. A post office called Longwood was established in 1837, and remained in operation until 1957. The community was named after

Longwood, Saint Helena Longwood is a settlement and a district of the British island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Description Longwood had a population of 765 in 2021, a decrease of 195 residents when compared with a population of 960 recorded in 1998. ...

, the location of Napoleon's second exile from 1815 until his death in 1821.

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Unincorporated communities in Pettis County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{PettisCountyMO-geo-stub