Brewer, Missouri

Brewer, Missouri
Unincorporated community and census-designated place
Location of Perry County
Coordinates: 37°46′51″N89°55′31″W / 37.78083°N 89.92528°W / 37.78083; -89.92528
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Perry
Township	Saline
Area [1]
• Total	2.34 sq mi (6.06 km2)
• Land	2.34 sq mi (6.06 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	584 ft (178 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	361
• Density	154.34/sq mi (59.58/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	63775 [3]
Area code	573
FIPS code	29-08272 [4]
GNIS feature ID	714672 [2]

Brewer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Saline Township, Perry County, Missouri, United States, which is located northwest of Perryville.

History

Christ the Savior Catholic Church

Brewer was named for R. M. Brewer. ^[5] The Brewer family, originally hailing from Maryland, had settled in Spencer County, Kentucky, before eventually coming to Missouri.

The town was unofficially known as Brewerville before the post office was christened Brewer in 1886. ^[6]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	361		—
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brewer, Missouri
3. Findpincode.com: Postal Code Brewer, MO http://findpincode.com/brazeau-missouri-zip-code-postal-code-63737.html%5B%5D
4. "Brewer (Perry County, Missouri [MO]): Miscellaneous Information". www.roadsidethoughts.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  338.
6. The State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_perry.html Archived March 31, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.