Powellville, Missouri

Powellville is a former town on U.S. Highway 66, now an outer road of Interstate 44 in western Phelps County, Missouri, United States.

[1] It is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Rolla on a ridge between Tater Hollow to the east and the Gasconade River approximately one mile to the west in adjacent Pulaski County.

[2] Powellville was constructed in the late 1920s or early 1930s, with a small motel to serve the drivers of Powell Brothers Truck Line.

They traveled from southwest Missouri to St. Louis with freight.

This Phelps County, Missouri state location article is a stub.