Sereno, Missouri

Sereno, Missouri
unincorporated community
Location of Perry County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°47′52″N 89°51′04″W / 37.79778°N 89.85111°WCoordinates: 37°47′52″N 89°51′04″W / 37.79778°N 89.85111°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Perry
Township	Bois Brule
Elevation	620 [1] ft (189 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	63775
Area code(s)	573
FIPS code	29-66746 [2]
GNIS feature ID	726210 [3]

Sereno is an unincorporated community located in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri. Sereno is located about five miles northeast of Perryville, Missouri.

Name

The early settlers of Sereno named the community Serena, meaning “a clean, respectable place”. However, when establishing a post office they discovered a place by that name already existed in Missouri, so the name was changed to Sereno.^[4]

History

In 1884 Thomas Moore gave a small track of his land along Chester Road to William Mattingly for the purpose of building a general store, which was soon followed by a grist mill.^[5] A post office operated from 1888-1905.^[6] The predominantly Catholic town established Our Lady of Victory Catholic parish in 1908.^[7]

References

1. Placekeeper.com: Missouri http://www.placekeeper.com/Missouri/Sereno-726210.html
2. Hometown Locator: Missouri http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/sereno-misc.htm
3. Roadsidethoughts.com: Missouri http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/sereno-misc.htm
4. State Historical Society of Missouri http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_perry.html
5. State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County Place Names http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_perry.html
6. Missouri Postal History http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/pe157pe.htm
7. Archdiocese of St. Louis http://www.parishesonline.com/scripts/HostedSites/org.asp?p=1&ID=8624