Avery, Missouri

For the ghost town in Crawford County, see Avery, Crawford County, Missouri.

Avery, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°04′04″N 93°21′37″W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Counties	Benton and Hickory
Elevation [1]	797 ft (243 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	660
GNIS feature ID	713503[1]

Avery is an unincorporated community that straddles the boundary between Benton County and Hickory County, Missouri, United States. Avery is located on Supplemental Route B, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) north-northeast of Wheatland.^[2][3]

A post office called Avery was established in 1890, moving between businesses in Avery from time to time and thus between counties,^[4] remaining in operation until 1897.^[5] The community has the name of Henry Avery, a county commissioner.^[6]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avery
2. Benton County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
3. Hickory County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
4. The Towns: Avery. B. B. Ihrig. History of Hickory County, Missouri, 1970. Accessed via rootsweb.com, 30 Dec 2023.
5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
6. "Benton County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.