Brighton is an unincorporated community in southern Polk County, Missouri, United States. It is located at the intersection of Missouri Routes 13 and

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. Bolivar is eleven miles to the north and

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is approximately fifteen miles south. Brighton is part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP Code for Brighton is 65617. A post office called Brighton has been in operation since 1852. The community takes its name from

Brighton, Tennessee Brighton is a town in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,735 at the 2010 census. History Brighton was established in the year 1873, along the newly completed tracts of the Memphis and Paducah Railroad upon the lands of ...

, the native home of a large share of the first settlers.

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Unincorporated communities in Polk County, Missouri Springfield metropolitan area, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{PolkCountyMO-geo-stub