Whitesville, Missouri
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Whitesville 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 Andrew County, in the
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of
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. The community is part of the St. Joseph, MO– KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.


History

Whitesville was founded in 1849. A post office called Whitesville was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1953. The community was named after John D. White, one of the founders.


References

Unincorporated communities in Andrew County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri 1849 establishments in Missouri Populated places established in 1849 {{AndrewCountyMO-geo-stub