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Phelps County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- November 13, 1857
- Named after
- John S. Phelps
- Seat
- Rolla
- Largest city
- Rolla
- Total
- 674 sq mi (1,750 km )
- Land
- 672 sq mi (1,740 km )
- Water
- 2.5 sq mi (6.5 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 45,247
- Density
- 66.4/sq mi (25.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .phelpscounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John S. Phelps
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Capital
- Rolla
- Population
- 44638
- Area
- 1746
- Shares border with
- Pulaski County
- Official website
- phelpscounty.org
- Image
- Phelps County new courthouse 20150715-8302.jpg
- Households
- 18213
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- Commons category
- Phelps County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Phelps County, Missouri
- different from
- Phelps County
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- Phelps County, Missouri
- inception
- 1857-11-13
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Phelps County
- per capita income
- 25217
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Phelps County, Missouri
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Encyclopedic overview
Old county courthouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Phelps County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 44,638. The largest city and county seat is Rolla. The county was organized on November 13, 1857, and was named for U.S. Representative and Governor of Missouri John Smith Phelps.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phelps County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.