Brewer, Missouri
| Brewer, Missouri | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
 Location of Perry County | |
| Coordinates: 37°46′51″N 89°55′31″E / 37.78083°N 89.92528°ECoordinates: 37°46′51″N 89°55′31″E / 37.78083°N 89.92528°E | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Perry |
| Township | Saline |
| Elevation | 584 ft (178 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 63775 |
| Area code(s) | 573 |
| FIPS code |
29-08272 [1] |
| GNIS feature ID |
714672 [1] |
Brewer is an unincorporated community in Saline Township and northwest of Perryville, Missouri.
History
Brewer was named for R. M. Brewer.[2] The Brewer family, originally hailing from Maryland, had settled in Spencer County, Kentucky, before eventually coming to Missouri.[3] The town was unofficially known as Brewerville before the post office was christened Brewer in 1886.[4]
Photos
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Christ the Savior Catholic Church
References
- 1 2 http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/brewer-misc.htm
- ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 338.
- ↑ Genealogy.Rootsweb.Ancestory.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sarankin/goodspeed/brewer_rm.html
- ↑ The State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_perry.html
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