Perry County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 18,132 (Change since 1990: +8.9%)
• Created: November 16, 1820
• County seat: Perryville
• Largest town: Perryville (Pop. 7,667)
• Name origin: Oliver Perry

Populated Places

• Allens Landing (Historical)
  • Located on the Mississippi River at the end of CR 220 northeast of Perryville. Route E is known as Allens Landing Road.
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°49'42" N, 89°43'42" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 17
  • Elevation: 380
  • Civil township: Bois Brule
  • USGS Quad: Rockwood (Not shown)
• Altenburg (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 309 (Change since 1990: +0.7%)
  • Located at the intersections of Route A, Route C, and Route Y just east of Frohna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'53" N, 89°34'53" W
  • Name origin: Altenburg, Germany
  • Founded: 1839
• Apple Creek (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Schnurbusch
  • Located on Route F west of Uniontown
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°36'46" N, 89°45'03" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 31
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Friedheim
• Barks (Historical)
  • Located on Route T west of Silver Lake
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°40'35" N, 90°03'60" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 870
  • Civil township: St. Marys
  • USGS Quad: Parker Lake (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1904 McNally, 1920 Clason, and MoDOT
• Belgique (Unincorporated)
  • Formerly incorporated with a 1970 population of 18
  • Located on Route C east of McBride
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°50'15" N, 89°46'52" W
  • Elevation: 372
  • Civil township: Bois Brule
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Belgique
• Biehle (Unincorporated)
  • Population: 11 (Change since 1990: +22.2%)
  • Located on Route B just north of Cape County border
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°36'19" N, 89°50'24" W
  • Civil township: Cinque Hommes
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Friedheim
• Birmingham (Historical)
  • Founded in the early 1800s after iron was discovered.
  • Previously known as: Gerler
  • Located just north of Apple Creek near the Mississippi River.
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'04" N, 89°31'44" W
  • Elevation: 370
  • Civil township: Brazeau
  • USGS Quad: Neelys Landing (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1841 (Road shown connecting Birmingham with Perryville), 1857 Colton (Birmingham shown incorrectly on south side of Apple Creek), 1881 Chester RR (Shows Birmingham 8 miles south of Wittenberg), and 1920 Clason (Gerler)
  • Sources: Houck (vol. 1 and p. 161)
• Bishop Landing (Historical)
  • Located along the Mississippi River near Point Rest
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°49'07" N, 89°42'47" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 16
  • Elevation: 350
  • Civil township: Bois Brule
  • USGS Quad: Rockwood (Not shown)
• Bois Brule (Historical)
  • Located along the Mississippi River northeast of Perryville
  • Maps: 1880 and 1889
• Brazeau (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the eastern intersection of Route C and Route D
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°39'40" N, 89°39'10" W
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Crosstown
  • Probably named for Joseph Brazeau, a St. Louis merchant from 1791 to 1779, or a member of his family
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 47)
• Brewer (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Brewerville
  • Located at the intersection of US 61 and Route M east of I-55
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'51" N, 89°55'31" W
  • Elevation: 570
  • Civil township: Saline
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Lithium
  • Named for the Brewer family which established a homestead here.
  • Map: 1889 (Brewerville)
• Claryville (Unincorporated)
  • Formerly incorporated with a 1960 population of 30
  • Alternate name: West Chester
  • Located opposite the Mississippi River from Chester, IL
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°53'32" N, 89°49'44" W
  • Civil township: Bois Brule
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Chester (Shown as incorporated)
  • Founded: 1873 by Capt. C. C. Williams
• Corners (Historical)
  • A post office in 1907
  • Located on Route BB near Whitewater River and the St. Francois County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°39'23" N, 90°06'39" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 806
  • Civil township: St. Marys
  • USGS Quad: Parker Lake (Not shown)
  • Map: MoDOT
• Crosstown (Unincorporated)
  • Formerly incorporated with a 1970 population of 66
  • Located at intersection Route C and Route P
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°44'47" N, 89°43'40" W
  • Elevation: 570
  • Civil township: Salem
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Crosstown
• Dresden (Historical)
  • Located just east of Altenburg
  • Civil township: Brazeau
  • Named for Dresden, Germany, one of the cities from which the Lutheran immigrants came
  • Founded: ca. 1839
  • Maps: 1855 (Dresden shown as only town in eastern Perry County), 1857 Colton (Shows Dresden along with Altenburg, Wittenberg, Seelitz, and and Frohna)
• Eureka (Historical)
  • Located at the intersection of Route D and Route U east of Longtown
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°40'44" N, 89°44'13" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 642
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Crosstown (Shows Eureka School)
  • Map: MoDOT
• Farrar (Unincorporated)
  • Located along CR 328 just off Route C northwest of Brazeau
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'08" N, 89°41'19" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 27
  • Civil township: Salem
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Crosstown
• Friedenberg (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 302 southeast of Perryville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'03" N, 89°47'38" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 11 E., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 530
  • Civil township: Central
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Perryville East
  • Map: MoDOT
• Friendly Valley (Historical)
  • Located southwest of Perryville on MO 51
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°41'24" N, 89°54'38" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 34
  • Elevation: 600
  • Civil township: Central
  • USGS Quad: Perryville West
• Frohna (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 192 (Change since 1990: +18.5%)
  • Located at the intersection of Route A and Route C just west of Altenburg
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°38'26" N, 89°37'09" W
  • Name origin: Nieder-Frohna province, Germany
  • Founded: 1839
  • Post office: May 4, 1870 - Now
• Giboney (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route NN west of US 61
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°48'17" N, 89°59'26" W
  • Civil township: Saline
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Lithium
  • Station on the Saline Valley Line
  • Possibly named for Mary H. Giboney, wife of railroad builder Louis Houck
• Grand Eddy (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Baileys Landing
  • Located near the mouth of Cinque Hommes Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'18" N, 89°41'10" W
  • Elevation: 400
  • Civil township: Salem
  • USGS Quad: Rockwood (Not shown)
  • Station on the St. Louis and Memphis Line
  • Maps: 1880, 1889, and 1920 Clason
• Highland (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route K between Perryville and Millheim
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°39'52" N, 89°53'29" W
  • Elevation: 676
  • Civil township: Cinque Hommes
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Perryville West
• Holschen Landing (Historical)
  • Located north of Wittenberg along Mississippi River
  • Maps: 1897 Galbraith and 1976 Mississippi River
• Ingrams Mill (Historical)
  • Located on the north bank of Apple Creek northeast of New Wells, probably near Route C
  • Survey: On or near Land Grant #1845
  • Map: 1870 Brooks
• Laurel Hill (Historical)
  • Laurel Hill had a post office from 1860 to 1871.
  • Located southeast of Seventysix on the Mississippi River
  • Probably named after "The Laurel", the ship owned by John Wilkinson that sank here. Wilkinson later founded Seventysix just upstream from this point.
  • Maps: 1862, 1872, 1873, and 1877
• Leimbach Landing (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Loimbach Landing
  • Located along the Mississippi between Starland and Cape Cinque Hommes
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'01" N, 89°33'02" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 36
  • Civil township: Brazeau
  • USGS Quad: Altenburg
• Lithium (Village)
  • Population: zero (Change since 1990: -100.0%)
  • Located along Route M south of Route H
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°49'56" N, 89°53'02" W
  • Name origin: Lithium carbonate
  • Founded: 1882 by Charles F. Lawrence
• Longtown (Village)
  • Population: 76 (Change since 1990: -29.0%)
  • Located on US 61 between Uniontown and Perryville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°40'12" N, 89°46'25" W
  • Name origin: John Long
  • Founded: 1819
• McBride (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 51 between Perryville and the Mississippi River bridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°49'58" N, 89°50'24" W
  • Civil township: Bois Brule
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Belgique
• Menfro (Unincorporated)
  • Formerly incorporated with a 1960 population of 37
  • Located on Route C at the railroad crossing north of Crosstown
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'37" N, 89°43'24" W
  • Elevation: 371
  • Civil township: Bois Brule
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Rockwood
  • Station on the St. Louis and Memphis Line
  • Post office: 1904 - Aug. 31, 1996
• Millheim (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of Route O and Route K north of Sedgewickville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'03" N, 89°53'14" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 25
  • Elevation: 581
  • Civil township: Cinque Hommes
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Sedgewickville
  • Maps: 1889 Polk (Muhlheim) and 1904 McNally
• Parker Lake (Unincorporated)
  • Located near Route T west of Silver Lake
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°41'12" N, 90°04'39" W
  • Civil township: St. Marys
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Parker Lake
• Perryville (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 7,667 (Change since 1990: +10.6%)
  • Located near intersections of I-55, US 61, and MO 51
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°43'34" N, 89°52'18" W
  • Name origin: Oliver Perry
  • Founded: Aug. 7, 1821
• Perryville Junction (Historical)
  • Previously known as: St. Marys Junction
  • Located just off Route H northwest of Lithium
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°51'51" N, 89°54'41" W
  • Survey: T. 37 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 34
  • Elevation: 375
  • Civil township: Saline
  • USGS Quad: Lithium (Not shown)
  • Junction of Cape Girardeau Northern Line and Frisco mainline
• Pit (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Pitt
  • Located between Birmingham and Wittenberg
  • Station on the St. Louis and Memphis Line north of Birmingham/Gerler
  • Map: 1928 Frisco
• Pleasant Valley (Historical)
  • Located somewhere southeast of Silver Lake
  • Maps: 1869 and 1871
• Point Rest (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Bishop Landing
  • Located near the levee east of intersection of Route C and Route E
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°48'58" N, 89°42'45" W
  • Civil township: Bois Brule
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Rockwood
  • Maps: 1920 Clason and MoDOT
• Port Perry (Historical)
  • Located east of St. Mary and Prattes Landing along Mississippi River
  • Maps: 1855, 1857 Colton, 1857 Johnson, 1862 Colton, 1865, and 1872 Colton
• Prattes Landing (Historical)
  • Located east of St. Mary along old river channel
  • Maps: 1857 Colton, 1865, and 1866
• Red Rock (Historical)
  • Located on the Mississippi River between Menfro and Seventysix
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°44'57" N, 89°40'13" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 440
  • Civil township: Salem
  • USGS Quad: Crosstown (Not shown)
• Ridge (Historical)
  • Located at the end of Route Y south of Starland
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°41'08" N, 89°35'19" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 3
  • Civil township: Brazeau
  • USGS Quad: Altenburg (Shows Ridge School)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Rock Spring (Historical)
  • Located between Perryville and St. Mary
  • Maps: 1844 and 1862 Colton
• Saline Junction (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route V north of Perryville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°47'20" N, 89°53'12" W
  • Survey: T. 36 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 531
  • Civil township: Saline
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Lithium
• Schalls (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Schall's
  • Located at the intersection of Route D and CR 414 west of Brazeau
  • Elevation: 578
  • Civil township: Union
• Schumer Springs (Historical)
  • Located on CR 634 near South Fork Apple Creek west of Biehle
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°36'10" N, 89°52'38" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 36
  • Civil township: Cinque Hommes
  • USGS Quad: Sedgewickville
  • Map: MoDOT
• Seelitz (Historical)
  • Located somewhere northeast of Altenburg
  • Maps: 1857 Colton, 1862 Colton, and 1872
• Sereno (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 51 between McBride and Perryville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°47'52" N, 89°51'04" W
  • Elevation: 621
  • Civil township: Bois Brule
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Belgique
• Seventysix (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Seventy-Six
  • Located just past the end of Route D on the Mississippi River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°43'12" N, 89°36'44" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 20
  • Civil township: Brazeau
  • USGS Quad: Altenburg
  • Founded: by John Wilkinson
  • Maps: 1862 (Shows location as "Wilkinsons"), 1872 (Continues to show place as "Wilkinsons"), 1886 (Shows Seventy-Six), 1920 Clason (Seventy-Six), and MoDOT (Seventy Six)
• Shakertowne (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection Route B and Route K south of Perryville
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 36
  • Map: MoDOT
• Silver Lake (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route T and Route CC southwest of Perryville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°41'01" N, 89°59'24" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 1
  • Civil township: St. Marys
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Perryville West
• Stagetown (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Staggtown
  • Located somewhere northwest of Perryville
  • Maps: 1869, 1871, and 1874 (Stagg T.)
• Starland (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Star Landing
  • Located on CR 440 past the end of Route Y on the Mississippi River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'33" N, 89°35'07" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 27
  • Civil township: Brazeau
  • School district: Altenburg 48
  • USGS Quad: Altenburg
• Uniontown (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Paitzdorf
  • Located at intersection US 61, Route F, and Route A north of Old Appleton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°36'53" N, 89°42'50" W
  • Elevation: 576
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Oak Ridge
  • Presumably named after the Union side during the Civil War.
• Weatherly (Historical)
  • Located on the Mississippi River two miles southeast of Grand Eddy
  • USGS Quad: Crosstown (Not shown)
  • Short-lived passenger station on the Frisco St. Louis and Memphis Line between Grand Eddy and Wilkinson
• Wilkinson (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Wilkinson Landing
  • Located on the Mississippi River opposite Wilkinson Island two miles northwest of Seventysix
  • USGS Quad: Crosstown (Not shown)
  • Station on the Frisco St. Louis and Memphis Line between Weatherly and Seventysix
• Wittenberg (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Wittenburg
  • Located at the eastern end of Route A on the Mississippi River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°39'09" N, 89°31'28" W
  • Civil township: Brazeau
  • School district: Altenburg 48
  • USGS Quad: Altenburg
  • Lutheran immigrants named the town after Wittenberg, Germany, the city where Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation.
  • Founded: ca. 1839 by Rev. Maximilian Oertel
  • Post office: 1862 - Aug. 31, 1996
  • Maps: 1857 Colton (Shows Wittenberg along with the other nearby German towns), 1857 Johnson (Town incorrectly shown as "Winterburg"), 1872 (Town spelled "Wittenburg"), and 1904 McNally (Shown as a station on the Frisco railroad 11 miles north of Neelys Landing)
• Yount (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Younts Store
  • Alternate name: Younts
  • Located on Route J west of MO 51
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°36'19" N, 90°02'20" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 33
  • Elevation: 632
  • Civil township: St. Marys
  • School district: Perry County 32
  • USGS Quad: Patton
  • Map: 1886 (Shown as Younts Store)

History

Name origin

Named for Oliver Perry, naval war hero from War of 1812

Demographics