Bryant, Missouri

Bryant is an extinct town in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.^[1] Bryant is located on the north side of Bryant Creek along an abandoned stretch of old Missouri Highway 5 and about one mile downstream (SE) from the current Missouri Highway 5 bridge over Bryant Creek.^[2]

A post office called Bryant was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1941.^[3] The community was named after nearby Bryant Creek.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bryant
↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
↑ "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Douglas County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Ava
City	Ava
Townships	Benton Boone Brown Brush Creek Bryan Buchanan Campbell Cass Champion Clay Clinton Findley Jackson Lincoln McKinley McMurtrey Miller Richland Spencer Spring Creek Walls Washington Wood
Unincorporated communities	Arden Arno Basher Bertha Brushyknob Buckhart Champion Cheney Coldspring Cross Roads Denlow Depew Dogwood Drury Fielden Filer Gentryville Girdner Goodhope Granada Hebron Merritt Ongo Prior Red Bank Richville Rome Roosevelt Roy Smallett Squires Sweden Tigris Topaz Vanzant Vera Cruz Witty
Ghost towns	Ann Bryant Larissa Omba Rippee Silverton Tedrick

Coordinates: 37°02′20″N 92°36′39″W / 37.03889°N 92.61083°W / 37.03889; -92.61083

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