Yount, Missouri

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

Yount, Missouri
unincorporated community
Location of Perry County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°36′19″N 90°02′20″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyPerry
TownshipSaint Mary’s
Elevation
623 [1] ft (190 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63775
Area code(s)573
FIPS code29-81394 [2]
GNIS feature ID753014 [2]

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.

Geography

Yount is located 17 miles southwest of Perryville, Missouri.[6]

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. pp. 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. A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Perry County, Missouri http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/perrypl.html


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