Rockview, Missouri

Rockview
Unincorporated community
Rockview is located in Missouri
Rockview
Rockview
Coordinates: 37°12′08″N 89°38′22″W / 37.20222°N 89.63944°W / 37.20222; -89.63944
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyScott County

Rockview is an unincorporated community in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

History

A post office called Rockview was established in 1901, and remained in operation until 1915.[2] The community was so named on account of rock outcroppings near the original town site.[3]

On May 25, 2013, seven people were injured in a T-bone train collision that brought down a Rockview highway overpass and derailed twelve Union Pacific train cars.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rockview, Missouri
  2. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "Scott County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  4. ^ "Massive Missouri train collision takes down highway overpass". www.cbsnews.com. May 25, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2020.


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