Browns, Scott County, Missouri Explained

Browns is an unincorporated community in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Browns was founded in the 1910s and once known as Brown’s Spur, being named after a canal building supervisor who had a railway spur built at the location to aid in the delivery of materials.[1]

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36.8625°N -89.6328°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scott County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071919/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_scott.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri . December 24, 2016 .

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