unincorporated community
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in
Cedar County, Missouri
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. The community extends across the border into Vernon County. The community is south-southwest of El Dorado Springs and northeast of
Montevallo
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.
History
Virgil City was
plat
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ted in 1866, and named for Virgil W. Kimball, founder. A post office called Virgil City was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1905.
Notable people
Virgil City has been the home of two members of the
United States House of Representatives
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:
Charles Germman Burton
Charles Germman Burton (April 4, 1846 – February 25, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burton moved to Warren, Ohio, and attended the public schools.
He enlisted September 7, 1861 as a private ...
(a
Republican
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) and
Frank H. Lee
Frank Hood Lee (March 29, 1873 – November 20, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born on a farm near De Soto, Kansas, Lee moved to Missouri with his parents (Daniel Marion & Lucy owardLee, who settled near Virgil City in Vernon ...
(a
Democrat
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**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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). Virgil City was also the home of Orville D. Cochran, lawyer and a Democratic member of the
Alaska
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