Brunot, Missouri

Brunot
Unincorporated community

Brunot Christian Church
Brunot

Location within the state of Missouri

Coordinates: 37°18′37″N 90°32′24″W / 37.31028°N 90.54000°W / 37.31028; -90.54000Coordinates: 37°18′37″N 90°32′24″W / 37.31028°N 90.54000°W / 37.31028; -90.54000
Country United States
State Missouri
County Wayne
Elevation 495 ft (151 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 63636
Area code(s) 573
GNIS feature ID 730456[1]

Brunot is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located about six miles east of Des Arc on Route 143.

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 that helped start the community. Felix A. R. Brunot also owned mineral rights in the area. Brunot was originally created to be a county seat, but it is now located in Greenville.[2] 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 times the only one that operated in Wayne County. The post office officially closed in 1957 at the time any stores that had existed in the town had closed.[3]

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 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.[4]

References

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