Brashear, MO

Brashear is a city in Salt River Township, Adair County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 235 residents. Brashear was laid out in 1872. Brashear was named after Richard Matson Brashear, who was a prominent farmer and businessman in the area. Like many small rural towns, Adair County R-2 school is often the focus of community activity. Brashear's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Missouri setting. The local scoop is how Brashear's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The community lies on Hog Branch one mile east of the North Fork of the Salt River.