Bryant is an extinct town in Douglas County, in the

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. The

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classifies it as a populated place. Bryant is located adjacent to

Bryant Creek Bryant Creek (also known as Bryant River) is a stream in the Ozarks of Missouri. Bryant Creek has headwaters just west of Lead Hill and southeast Cedar Gap in southwestern Wright County and flows in a southeasterly direction through Douglas Cou ...

just north of the

Mill Hollow Mill Hollow is a valley in northern Douglas County the Ozarks of southern Missouri. The headwaters of the stream that occupies the hollow are at and the confluence with Bryant Creek is at . The stream in the valley is fed by a perennial spring w ...

confluence with Bryant Creek and the

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bridge over Bryant Creek.''Mansfield, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1985 rev.) The old store known as Midway was located one mile downstream at the old Bryant bridge along old Highway 5 at . A post office called Bryant was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1941. The community was named after nearby Bryant Creek.

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Ghost towns in Missouri Former populated places in Douglas County, Missouri {{DouglasCountyMO-geo-stub