Tebbetts, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Tebbetts, Missouri
Settlement Type:Census-Designated Place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Callaway
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.75
Area Land Km2:1.68
Area Water Km2:0.07
Area Total Sq Mi:0.68
Area Land Sq Mi:0.65
Area Water Sq Mi:0.03
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:64
Population Density Km2:37.99
Population Density Sq Mi:98.46
Elevation Ft:568
Coordinates:38.6206°N -91.9625°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:65080[2]
Area Code:573
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-70342
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:727509

Tebbetts is an unincorporated community in southern Callaway County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. Tebbetts is located on Route 94, approximately east of Jefferson City, on the north edge of the Missouri River floodplain.[3]

A post office called Tebbetts has been in operation since 1895.[4] The community was named after a railroad employee.[5]

The Cote Sans Dessein Archeological Site and Oakley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
  2. Web site: Tebbetts MO ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2023. June 16, 2023.
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 38,
  4. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 7 September 2016.
  5. Web site: Callaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 7 September 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071020/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_callaway.html. 24 June 2016.