Official Name: | Phelps City, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place & unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Missouri |
Pushpin Label: | Phelps City |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Atchison |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.28 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.28 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.49 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.49 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 889 |
Coordinates: | 40.4006°N -95.595°W |
Area Code: | 660 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2587101 |
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. [2] The community is 5miles 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.
Phelps City was platted in 1868.[3] The community was named for Willis Phelps, one of the owners of the town site.[4] A post office was established at Phelps City in 1868, and remained in operation until 1954.[5]