Sereno is an unincorporated community located in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States. Sereno is located approximately five miles northeast of Perryville.
Sereno, Missouri | |
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![]() Location of Perry County, Missouri | |
Coordinates: 37°47′52″N 89°51′04″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Missouri |
County | Perry |
Township | Bois Brule |
Elevation | 620 [1] ft (189 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 63775 |
Area code(s) | 573 |
FIPS code | 29-66746 [2] |
GNIS feature ID | 726210 [3] |
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]
In 1884, Thomas Moore gave a small tract 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]
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County seat: Perryville | ||
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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