Ravanna, Missouri

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Ravanna, Missouri
Ravanna, Missouri is located in Missouri
Ravanna, Missouri
Ravanna, Missouri
Location within Missouri
Coordinates: 40°27′18″N 93°27′56″W / 40.45500°N 93.46556°W / 40.45500; -93.46556Coordinates: 40°27′18″N 93°27′56″W / 40.45500°N 93.46556°W / 40.45500; -93.46556
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyMercer County
Population
 (2020)
 • Total60

Ravanna is a census-designated place in Mercer County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately seven miles northeast of Princeton on U.S. Route 136. The population was 60 at the 2020 census.[2]

Ravanna was platted in 1857.[3] A variant name was "Sonoma".[4] A post office called Sonoma was established in 1855, the name was changed to Ravanna in 1858, and the post office closed in 1975.[5] The present name most likely is a transfer from Ravenna, Ohio.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ravanna Census Designated Place
  2. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  3. ^ Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 25. ISBN 9780826205865.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: 735816
  5. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Mercer County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.


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