Melva
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 36.577, -93.212
Why it was abandoned
☢️ Disaster
Detected automatically from the text: On March 11, 1920, the town was destroyed by a deadly tornado that killed 11 people, including 9 children.
History
Melva is an extinct town in southern Taney County, in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. The site was located south of Hollister on the east bank of Turkey Creek along the Missouri Pacific Railroad. On March 11, 1920, the town was destroyed by a deadly tornado that killed 11 people, including 9 children.