unincorporated community
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Missouri
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, United States. It is located on Bryant Creek, approximately east of Ava, at the terminus of
Route
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Vera Cruz was established in the 1840s and named for Vera Cruz in Mexico. The village was originally called Red Bud and was at the junction of the Rockbridge– Hartville road, up Bryant valley with the Old Salt Road or Rockbridge Road, which ran northwest through Smallett to Springfield.Vinyard, J. C., ''The Battles of Vera Cruz'', Nov. 7 1862 — Nov. 3, 1864, Douglas County Historical Society Journal, May, 1994, pp 18–21 The name was changed to Vera Cruz in 1859. It was the first county seat of Douglas County.Moser, Arthur Paul; ''A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Douglas County, Missouri'' /ref> In 1870, the county seat was moved to
Arno
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Source and route
The river originates on Monte Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a sou ...
and shortly after to Ava.
The
Civil War
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/ref> A second battle occurred on November 3, 1864, near Wilson's Mill, during which the Confederate forces were driven out of the area.
Gallery
File:Hunter Creek bluff.JPG, Hunter Creek bluff above the old mill pond at Vera Cruz, Missouri
File:Vera Cruz, Missouri cemetery.JPG, The cemetery in Vera Cruz, Missouri