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Brazeau Township, Perry County, Missouri

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The earliest settlers to the area of present-day Brazeau Township were French traders and Shawnee Indians who had been granted the right to settle along Apple creek as a buffer against other tribes to the south. The Spanish authorities also granted Catholic American settlers who arrived from Maryland
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at the township's far eastern end; it is connected by land only to Illinois, and access to the rest of Perry County requires a boat or a drive of more than 30 miles (48 km) to the
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The township was organized in 1821, and Brazeau Township was one of the three original townships in Perry County, Missouri, with the other two townships being
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arrived and established six "colonies" in the township: Altenburg, Dresden, Frohna, Johannisberg, Seelitz, and Wittenberg. The seventh colony, Paitzdorf (
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History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests
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A History of Missouri: From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until the Admission of the State Into the Union
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Brazeau Township covers an area of 63.8 square miles (102.7km2) and contains the two incorporated villages of
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of 2000, there were 1,090 people living in the township. The racial makeup of the town was 98.80%
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is a natural gas pipeline suspension bridge that carries natural gas from Wittenberg, Missouri to
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by way of Kentucky the right to settle in the area, establishing a community called the
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was 8.9 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 98.80%
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The State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County Place Names
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is an alluvial flood plain in the eastern part of the township.
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of 2010, there were 1,100 people living in the township. The
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One part of the township is cut off from the residue.
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Index

Brazeau (disambiguation)
Civil Township
Fields on Grand Tower Island
Location of Perry County
37°38′28″N 89°34′25″W / 37.64098°N 89.57374°W / 37.64098; -89.57374
Country
State
Missouri
County
Perry
GNIS
767152
townships
Perry County, Missouri
Brazeau Creek
Fenwick Settlement
Bois Brule
Cinque Hommes
North Carolina
German Lutheran immigrants
Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
Uniontown, Missouri
Union Township
Altenburg
Frohna
Brazeau
Seventy-Six
Wittenberg
Brazeau Bottoms

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