Brunot, Missouri

Brunot is an unincorporated community in the northwest corner of Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately six miles east of Des Arc on Route 143. The community is on the west bank of Crane Pond Creek.[2]

Brunot
Unincorporated community
Brunot Christian Church
Brunot
Location within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 37°18′37″N 90°32′24″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyWayne
Elevation
495 ft (151 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
63636
Area code(s)573
GNIS feature ID730456[1]

History

The area of modern day Brunot was part of a concession given to Domitille DeHault by the Spanish lieutenant-governor in 1800. Brunot was named for Felix A.R. Brunot, one of the partners of Singer and Company who helped start the community. He also owned mineral rights in the area. Brunot was originally created to be a county seat, but it is now located in Greenville.[3] It was given the name Brunot by 1860 and it officially had a post office which was designated in 1858. The post office during the American Civil War was often the only one that operated in Wayne County. The post office officially closed in 1957, when any stores that had existed in the town had also closed.[4]

Religion

The town maintained two different churches, including a Christian and Methodist church, both of which are long abandoned. The Christian church was founded in the 1880s and continued services until the 1950s. The longest serving pastor, Reverend Isaac Brooks, preached there as a circuit riding pastor from 1909 to 1934.[5]

References
  1. "Brunot, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Brunot, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  3. "Wayne County, Missouri Place Names, 1928-1945 | The State Historical Society of Missouri". shsmo.org. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  4. Cramer, Rose Fulton (1972). Wayne County Missouri. Cape Girardeau , Missouri: The Ramfree Press. pp. 598–600. ISBN 0-911208-22-4.
  5. Cramer, Rose Fulton (1972). Wayne County Missouri. Cape Girardeau , Missouri: The Ramfree Press. p. 522. ISBN 0-911208-22-4.
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