Editing Biehle, Missouri (section)

==History==
In the 1840s, German Catholic immigrants from the [[Baden]] region of Germany settled in the area first known as ''Biehle Station''. One of the earliest settlers was a German immigrant named Maurus Biehle. In the 1850s, a log church was built on land donated by Maurus Biehle. In May 1869, a new stone church, [[St. Maurus Roman Catholic Church (Biehle, Missouri)|St. Maurus Catholic Church]], was dedicated for the German Catholic parish, and in January 1870, Father Joseph Hellwing became the first full-time priest.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

In 1925, the [[Tri-State Tornado]] struck the community, ripping the roof off a church, destroying many houses, and killing four people in town.<ref>Mississippi Valley Architecture.com http://www.krjarch.com/biehle.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130825205912/http://www.krjarch.com/biehle.asp |date=2013-08-25 }}</ref> The village disincorporated in 2003.<ref>{{cite web | title = Boundary Changes | url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/partnerships/bas/2000-2010entitychanges.txt | access-date = November 13, 2016 | archive-date = April 2, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402225903/http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/partnerships/bas/2000-2010entitychanges.txt | url-status = dead }}</ref>