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°WCoordinates: 40°24′12″N 95°35′55″W / 40.40333°N 95.59861°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Atchison
Area[1]
• Total	0.493 sq mi (1.28 km^2)
• Land	0.493 sq mi (1.28 km^2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km^2)
Elevation	892 ft (272 m)
Population (2010)[2]
• Total	24
• Density	49/sq mi (19/km^2)
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. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
3. "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.