Arbyrd is a small town in southeast Dunklin County, Missouri, United States.

[4] The town's name is a contraction of A. R. Byrd, a land and cattle speculator from the St. Louis area who lived near San Antonio, Texas, at the time he purchased just over 4000 acres of mostly hardwood timber land just to the north of where the town was originally platted.

The Missouri-Arkansas state line lies three miles to the south along Route 108 (the road becomes Arkansas Highway 77 at the border).

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.00 square mile (2.59 km2), all land.

34.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The Missouri Bootheel was the home of two members of The Kentucky Headhunters,[11] Doug and Ricky Phelps.

They grew up in Cardwell and Arbyrd and obtained their education from the Southland C-9 school district.

Doug and Ricky were both members of the Headhunters who then left to form their own band called - Brother Phelps.