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Brentwood, Missouri

Brentwood, Missouri
City
Location of Brentwood, Missouri
Location of Brentwood, Missouri
Coordinates: 38°37′9″N 90°20′55″W / 38.61917°N 90.34861°W / 38.61917; -90.34861Coordinates: 38°37′9″N 90°20′55″W / 38.61917°N 90.34861°W / 38.61917; -90.34861
Country United States
State Missouri
County St. Louis
Government
 • Mayor Christopher Thornton
Area
 • Total 1.96 sq mi (5.08 km2)
 • Land 1.96 sq mi (5.08 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation 479 ft (146 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 8,055
 • Estimate (2012) 8,035
 • Density 4,109.7/sq mi (1,586.8/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 63144
Area code(s) 314
FIPS code 29-08236
GNIS feature ID 0755812
Website City of Brentwood official website

Brentwood is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri. The population was 8,055 at the 2010 census. Brentwood is home to Brentwood High School, a 2006 National Blue Ribbon Award winner, and Mark Twain Elementary School, a 2009 National Blue Ribbon Award winner.

Brentwood is located at 38°37′9″N 90°20′55″W / 38.61917°N 90.34861°W / 38.61917; -90.34861 (38.619102, -90.348715).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.96 square miles (5.08 km2), all of it land.

The area that is Brentwood consists of three land purchases: that of Louis J. Bompart who acquired his lot first in 1804, that of the Gay family, and that of the Marshall family. In the 1870s a man by the name of Thomas Madden arrived and soon became the businessman of the community. He operated a rock quarry, and constructed a tavern, a barbershop, a grocery store, and a blacksmith shop. Due to Madden's prominence in the community the town was then named Maddenville.

With a location on the Manchester Trail, a route that was mostly frequented by mail coaches and prairie schooners going west, Maddenville in the 1800s became a prosperous little town on the outskirts of St. Louis, to which it was connected by a streetcar line.


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