Whig Valley (Missouri)

Whig Valley is a fertile valley generally between Maitland and Mound City[1], in northeastern Holt County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[2] Whig Valley was also the name of a small community once present there in the 19th Century.

Whig Valley was first settled in 1846[3] by Theodore Higley and gave the locality its name due to his admiration of Whig Party political leader Henry Clay.[4] The majority of settlers in Whig Valley were from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Similarly, in nearby southwestern Nodaway County near Fairview settlers named their locale Whig Valley as well.[4] During the Civil War many of the originally settlers left this region and northerners from Ohio came in.[3]

A post office was established in 1861 and named Whig Valley in this area.[5] Later a store was built in 1870, and the town was platted in 1876.[3] But when Maitland was established in 1881, the town of Whig Valley dissipated and the post office closed that same year.

References

  1. ^ "History of Holt County, Missouri". St. Joseph, Mo., Midland Printing Co., 1917. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whig Valley
  3. ^ a b c "History of Holt County, Missouri". St. Joseph, Mo., Midland Printing Co., 1917. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Holt County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

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