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Phelps is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. 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. The community has the name of William Wallace Phelps, a state legislator.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Phelps, Missouri
2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
3. "Lawrence County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lawrence County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Mount Vernon
Cities	Aurora Marionville Miller Monett‡ Mount Vernon Pierce City‡ Stotts City Verona
Villages	Freistatt Halltown Hoberg
Townships	Aurora Buck Prairie Freistatt Green Hoberg Lincoln Mount Pleasant Mount Vernon Ozark Pierce Red Oak Spring River Turnback Vineyard
CDP	Chesapeake
Other communities	Albatross Bowers Mill‡ Clarkson Elliott Grays Point Heatonville Lawrenceburg Logan McKinley Minden Olinger Opal Orange Paris Springs Junction Phelps Plew Red Oak Rescue Round Grove Spencer Stinson
Ghost town	Gaither
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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