Pointrest was an unincorporated community in Bois Brule Township in

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History

Point Rest was originally called ''Point Rest Landing'' and was the site of a

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along the Mississippi. The town had a church - Trinity Lutheran Church, and also had a general store - the Wichern Store. The community suffered a number of floods over the years, especially in

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. With the growth of rail transportation and the decline of river traffic, along with numerous floods over the years, the community slowly withered and died. Today, nothing remains of the former community, and all that can be seen is farmland.

Geography

Pointrest was situated in the eastern corner of Perry County, on the

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within the

Bois Brule Bottom The Bois Brule Bottom (French: Bois Brûlé) is an alluvial floodplain in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri stretching between Bois Brule Creek to the west and the Mississippi River to the east. The American Bottom stretches from St ...

levee.A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Perry County, Missouri A post office was established in 1892. The name was written Point Rest until 1895. The "point" is a rocky ledge or point sticking into the Mississippi River.

Gallery

File:Point Rest, Missouri, Trinity Lutheran Church cemetery.JPG, Present town cemetery File:Point Rest, Missouri, Trinity Lutheran Church and town marker site.JPG, Town and church marker File:Point Rest, Missouri, Trinity Lutheran Church and town marker.JPG, Marker

References

Unincorporated communities in Perry County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{PerryCountyMO-geo-stub