Browns, Scott County, Missouri

Browns is an unincorporated community in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Browns, Scott County, Missouri
  2. ^ "Scott County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2016.

36°51′45″N 89°37′58″W / 36.86250°N 89.63278°W / 36.86250; -89.63278


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