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Bruner, Missouri

Coordinates: 37°00′53″N 92°59′10″W / 37.01472°N 92.98611°W / 37.01472; -92.98611
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Bruner, Missouri
Community
Bruner is located in Missouri
Bruner
Bruner
Location in the state of Missouri
Bruner is located in the United States
Bruner
Bruner
Bruner (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°00′53″N 92°59′10″W / 37.01472°N 92.98611°W / 37.01472; -92.98611[1]
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyChristian County
Elevation1,463 ft (446 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip code
65620 [2]

Bruner is an unincorporated community in northeast Christian County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately five miles east of Sparta and two miles west of Elkhead along Route 14.[3] Bruner is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office is located in Bruner on the north side of Route 14.[4] The post office was established in 1895.[2]

James A. Rathbun moved to the region in 1862 and settled near Keltner. About two years later he moved and established a store and post office near the current location of Bruner. He established a post office and settled on the name of Bruner after his first choice, Rathbun, was denied because a Rathbun office was already in use.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bruner, Missouri
  2. ^ a b Christian County Post Offices
  3. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. ^ Bruner Post office, USPS
  5. ^ Bruner in A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Christian County, Missouri, Compiled by Arthur Paul Moser