Sereno is an
unincorporated community
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located in
Bois Brule Township in
Perry County Perry County may refer to:
United States
*Perry County, Alabama
*Perry County, Arkansas
*Perry County, Illinois
*Perry County, Indiana
*Perry County, Kentucky
*Perry County, Mississippi
*Perry County, Missouri
*Perry County, Ohio
*Perry Coun ...
,
Missouri
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, United States. Sereno is located approximately five miles northeast of
Perryville.
Etymology
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.
History
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. A post office operated from 1888-1905. The predominantly Catholic town established ''Our Lady of Victory Catholic parish'' in 1908.
[Archdiocese of St. Louis http://www.parishesonline.com/scripts/HostedSites/org.asp?p=1&ID=8624]
References
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Villages in Perry County, Missouri
Villages in Missouri