Villages of Crawford County, Missouri - CHERRYVILLE

    Cherryville is situated at the junction of Highways 19 and 49 about ten miles 
south of Steelville.  As the name suggests the area once abounded in cherry trees.  
Villa means village, and the union of the words "cherry" and "villa" gives the work 
Cherryville.  It had its beginning in 1884 when George Day moved from Steelville and 
established a store at Cherryville.
    That same year he was commissioned postmaster and served for several years, and was
followed by Mrs. Ed. Ives, Tom Bowers, and Clint Cottrell.  George Day operated a store 
from 1884 till 1888, and following those years the mercantile busi
ness was carried on by Scott Parret, Floyd Britton, Tom Bowers, Cottrell Bowers, 
R. D. Cottrell, Clint Cottrell, and the Cassady family.
    Cherryville until recently had a fine four-year high school and an 
elementary school.  During the past four years efforts were made by the Viburnum 
system to absorb portions of the school district. Recently the high school had 
been transferred to the Viburnum R-IV District, but the elementary school has
remained at Cherryville.
       There are three churches in Cherryville at present, namely Baptist, 
Pentecostal, and Assembly of God.  The Baptist Church at Cherryville has been a 
large congregation but has declined in membership in the last few years.
       The new Lead Belt Railroad was completed past Cherryville in l967 but
no siding or freight house was constructed.
       Cherryville was incorporated as a village on October 31, 1938, and awaits 
the turn of fate for its future.


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CRAWFORD COUNTY AND CUBA MISSOURI
James Ira Breuer, 1972 p. 102-103

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