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Yount, Missouri

Coordinates: 37°36′19″N 90°02′20″W / 37.60528°N 90.03889°W / 37.60528; -90.03889
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Yount, Missouri
Location of Perry County, Missouri
Location of Perry County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°36′19″N 90°02′20″W / 37.60528°N 90.03889°W / 37.60528; -90.03889
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyPerry
TownshipSaint Mary’s
Elevation623 ft (190 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63775
Area code573
FIPS code29-81394 [2]
GNIS feature ID753014 [1]

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

History

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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, the church became the Mt. Zion Lutheran Church which existed until 1974.

Geography

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Yount is located 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Perryville, Missouri.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yount, Missouri
  2. ^ Yount, Missouri at RoadsideThoughts.com. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  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 Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Missouri Postal History http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/pe157pe.htm Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Perry County, Missouri. Retrieved June 16, 2022.