Brighton, Missouri

Brighton is an unincorporated community in southern Polk County, Missouri, United States.

James H.M. Smith Relay Station was just north of Brighton on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route.

[2] Brighton is part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[4] The community takes its name from Brighton, Tennessee, the native home of a large share of the first settlers.

This Polk County, Missouri state location article is a stub.

Butterfield Overland Mail Route 1858-1861 period on a modern topographical map showing the probable location of James H.M. Smith Relay Station by Gregory Wadley
Butterfield Overland Mail Route on the Boonville Road 1858-1861 period on a modern topographical map by Gregory Wadley
Map of Missouri highlighting Polk County