Funk

Funk was platted in 1887 on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad line and named for Phillip C. Funk, an early settler. The village is the birthplace of federal appeals court judge John Robert Brown (born December 10, 1909), a pivotal figure on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit who helped enforce school desegregation and civil-rights rulings across the Deep South in the 1950s and '60s. Grain elevators remain a visible downtown landmark, and the county's own tourism material describes the town's name as "quirky" — a description residents have embraced.

Funk, platted in 1887, is the birthplace of federal appeals judge John Robert Brown, a key figure in enforcing school desegregation rulings.