Brewer, Missouri

Brewer, Missouri
Unincorporated community

Location of Perry County
Coordinates: 37°46′51″N 89°55′31″W / 37.78083°N 89.92528°W / 37.78083; -89.92528Coordinates: 37°46′51″N 89°55′31″W / 37.78083°N 89.92528°W / 37.78083; -89.92528
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[1]
Area code(s) 573
FIPS code 29-08272[2]
GNIS feature ID 714672[2]

Brewer is an unincorporated community in Saline Township and northwest of Perryville, Missouri.

History

Brewer was named for R. M. Brewer.[3] The Brewer family, originally hailing from Maryland, had settled in Spencer County, Kentucky, before eventually coming to Missouri.[4] The town was unofficially known as Brewerville before the post office was christened Brewer in 1886.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Findpincode.com: Postal Code Brewer, MO http://findpincode.com/brazeau-missouri-zip-code-postal-code-63737.html
  2. 1 2 http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/brewer-misc.htm[]
  3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 338.
  4. ↑ Genealogy.Rootsweb.Ancestory.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sarankin/goodspeed/brewer_rm.html
  5. ↑ The State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_perry.html


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