Cherryville is an unincorporated community in southeastern Crawford County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Route 19, approximately ten miles south of Steelville, at the northern terminus of Route 49.[2] It is near the Mark Twain National Forest.

A post office called Cherryville has been in operation since 1862.[3] The community most likely was named for cherry trees near the original town site.[4]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cherryville, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  4. ^ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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