Yount, Missouri

Yount, Missouri
unincorporated community
Location of Perry County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°36′19″N 90°02′20″W / 37.60528°N 90.03889°WCoordinates: 37°36′19″N 90°02′20″W / 37.60528°N 90.03889°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Perry
Township	Saint Mary’s
Elevation	623 [1] ft (190 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	63775
Area code(s)	573
FIPS code	29-81394 [2]
GNIS feature ID	753014 [2]

Yount is an unincorporated settlement in Saint Mary's Township in Perry County, Missouri.

History

Yount was established in 1886 as Yount’s Store, and was named for Henry Yount,^[3] a merchant and storekeeper, as well as a postmaster and county judge. The name was shortened to Yount in 1888.^[4] The post office operated in Yount from 1887 until 1954.^[5]

Mt. Pisca Lutheran church was founded in Yount in 1852 and continued until 1868. In that same year (1868) the church became the Mt. Zion Lutheran church which existed until 1974.^[6]

Geography

Yount is located 17 miles southwest of Perryville, Missouri.^[7]

References

1. cartographic.info http://cartographic.info/usa/map.php?id=753014
2. Roadside Thoughts.com http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/yount-misc.htm
3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 338.
4. State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_perry.html
5. Missouri Postal History http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/pe157pe.htm
6. Find a Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=Heitman&GSiman=1&GScty=80044&CRid=186671&pt=Yount%20Community%20Cemetery&
7. A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Perry County, Missouri http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/perrypl.html