Brazeau, Missouri | |
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 Fields on Grand Tower Island | |
 Location of Perry County | |
| Coordinates: 37°38′28″N89°34′25″W / 37.64098°N 89.57374°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Perry |
| Area | |
| • Land | 63.8 sq mi (102.7 km2) |
| • Water | 4.3 [2] sq mi (1.0 km2) |
| GNIS Feature ID | 767152 |
Brazeau is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Brazeau Township is named after Brazeau Creek, which in turn was named for Joseph Brazeau (also spelled Obrazo) a merchant from St. Louis, Missouri in the years 1791–1799, or a member of his family. [3]
The earliest settlers to the area of present-day Brazeau Township were French traders and Shawnee Indians who had been granted the right to settle along Apple creek as a buffer against other tribes to the south. The Spanish authorities also granted Catholic American settlers who arrived from Maryland by way of Kentucky the right to settle in the area, establishing a community called the Fenwick Settlement.
The township was organized in 1821, and Brazeau Township was one of the three original townships in Perry County, Missouri, with the other two townships being Bois Brule and Cinque Hommes. Soon thereafter, Protestant English and Scots-Irish settlers arrived from North Carolina. [4] [ failed verification ] [5] In 1839, German Lutheran immigrants from the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg arrived and established six "colonies" in the township: Altenburg, Dresden, Frohna, Johannisberg, Seelitz, and Wittenberg. The seventh colony, Paitzdorf (Uniontown, Missouri), lies in Union Township.
Brazeau Township covers an area of 63.8 square miles (102.7km2) and contains the two incorporated villages of Altenburg and Frohna, as well as the unincorporated villages of Brazeau, Seventy-Six and Wittenberg. Brazeau Bottoms is an alluvial flood plain in the eastern part of the township. [6]
One part of the township is cut off from the residue. Grand Tower Island lies on the eastern side of the Mississippi River at the township's far eastern end; it is connected by land only to Illinois, and access to the rest of Perry County requires a boat or a drive of more than 30 miles (48 km) to the Chester Bridge at Chester, Illinois to the northwest. [7] The Grand Tower Pipeline Bridge is a natural gas pipeline suspension bridge that carries natural gas from Wittenberg, Missouri to Grand Tower, Illinois.
Tower Rock, a landmark island in the Mississippi River, lies within Brazeau Township.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,090 people living in the township. The racial makeup of the town was 98.80% White, 0.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, and 0.80% from other races. [8]
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,100 people living in the township. The population density was 8.9 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 98.80% White, 0.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, and 0.90% from other races. [8]
Perry County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,956. Its county seat is Perryville. The county was officially organized on November 16, 1820 from Ste. Genevieve County and was named after Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero of the War of 1812.
Grand Tower is a city in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 605 at the 2010 census. The town gets its name from Tower Rock, a landmark island in the Mississippi River.
Altenburg is a city in Perry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 341 at the 2020 census.
Frohna is a city in Perry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 245 at the 2020 census.
Old Appleton is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 73 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Wittenberg is an unincorporated community in Brazeau Township in eastern Perry County, Missouri, United States. It is located on the Mississippi River, 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Perryville. Wittenberg is situated in the Brazeau Bottoms on Brazeau Creek opposite Grand Tower, Illinois, and Tower Rock, the latter a landmark island in the Mississippi River.
Uniontown is an unincorporated community located in Union Township in southeastern Perry County, Missouri, United States. It is situated on U.S. Route 61, ten miles southeast of Perryville.
New Wells is an unincorporated community in northern Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is located 20 miles (32 km) north of Cape Girardeau and is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Cinque Hommes is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
St. Marys is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Bois Brûlé is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Union is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
The Bois Brule Bottom is an alluvial floodplain in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri stretching between Bois Brule Creek to the west and the Mississippi River to the east.
The Brazeau Bottom is an alluvial floodplain, also called a 'flat', extending along the Mississippi River in Perry County, Missouri.
Seelitz is an abandoned village in Brazeau Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
Dresden is an abandoned village in Brazeau Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
Central Township is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
Saline Township is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Brazeau Creek is a stream flowing through Perry County, Missouri and emptying into the Mississippi River.
Grand Tower Island is a river island in the Mississippi River in the midwestern United States, within the state of Missouri on its border with the state of Illinois. Formed within recorded history by the movement of the river, it consists of a bulge-shaped piece of land between the river's primary channel and an oxbow lake. Land on the island is generally valuable for farming, especially when protected from flooding, while the lake has developed a reputation as a valuable sport-fishing location.
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