Phelps City, Missouri

Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Missouri

40°24′02″N 95°35′42″W / 40.40056°N 95.59500°W / 40.40056; -95.59500Country

United StatesState

MissouriCountyAtchisonArea

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• Total0.49 sq mi (1.28 km²) • Land0.49 sq mi (1.28 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

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889 ft (271 m)Population

(2020)

• Total0 • Density0.00/sq mi (0.00/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code660GNIS feature ID2587101^[2]

Phelps City is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 0, down from 24 in 2010. ^[3] The community is 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Rock Port. 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]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	24	—
2020	0	−100.0%
U.S. Decennial Census^[7]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Phelps City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
^ "Atchison County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 203.
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.