Brentwood, Missouri
| Brentwood, Missouri | |
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| City | |
 Location of Brentwood, Missouri |
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| Coordinates: 38°37′9″N 90°20′55″W / 38.61917°N 90.34861°WCoordinates: 38°37′9″N 90°20′55″W / 38.61917°N 90.34861°W | |
| 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 (38.619102, -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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