Phelps City, Missouri Explained

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.

History

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]

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. August 28, 2022.
  2. Web site: Explore Census Data. 2021-12-16. data.census.gov.
  3. Web site: Atchison County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 30 August 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070306/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_atchison.html. 24 June 2016.
  4. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1916 . 203.
  5. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 30 August 2016.