Yount, Missouri
unincorporated community
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
Elevation
[1]
623 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

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

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

References

  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.


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