Phelps, Missouri

Phelps is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States.

[1] It lies along former U.S. Route 66 (Route 96), twenty-one miles east of Carthage.

A post office called Phelps was established in 1857, and remained in operation until 1864.

[2] The community has the name of William Wallace Phelps, a state legislator.

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