Brewer, MO

Brewer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Saline Township, Perry County, Missouri, United States, which is located northwest of Perryville. The 2020 census counted 361 residents. The Brewer family, originally hailing from Maryland, had settled in Spencer County, Kentucky, before eventually coming to Missouri. The town was unofficially known as Brewerville before the post office was christened Brewer in 1886. A newcomer can read Brewer through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Brewer comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.