Phelps City, Missouri

Phelps City, Missouri
Census-designated place & unincorporated community
Phelps City
Coordinates: 40°24′12″N 95°35′55″W / 40.40333°N 95.59861°W / 40.40333; -95.59861Coordinates: 40°24′12″N 95°35′55″W / 40.40333°N 95.59861°W / 40.40333; -95.59861
Country United States
State Missouri
County Atchison
Area[1]
 • Total 0.493 sq mi (1.28 km2)
 • Land 0.493 sq mi (1.28 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation 892 ft (272 m)
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 24
 • Density 49/sq mi (19/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 660
GNIS feature ID 724280[3]

Phelps City is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, its population was 24.[2] The community is 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Rock Port.[3] It is the closest Missouri community to Brownville Bridge, a Missouri River crossing that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

Phelps City was platted in 1868.[4] The community was named for Willis Phelps, one of the owners of the town site.[5] A post office was established at Phelps City in 1868, and remained in operation until 1954.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. 1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. 1 2 "Phelps City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. ↑ "Atchison County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 203.
  6. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 August 2016.


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