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West Plains
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city in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Howell
- Founded by
- Josiah Howell
- Named after
- Location on a prairie west of the nearest town
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Mike Topliff
- Total
- 13.32 sq mi (34.51 km )
- Land
- 13.31 sq mi (34.46 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km ) 0.15%
- Sa
- 928.33 sq mi (2,404.4 km )
- Elevation
- 994 ft (303 m)
- Density
- 915.8/sq mi (353.59/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 (Central Standard Time)
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time)
- Fips code
- 29-78928
- Website
- westplains.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- West Plains
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Howell County
- Population
- 12184
- Area
- 34.532273
- Elevation
- 306
- Capital of
- Howell County
- Official website
- westplains.net/index.php
- Image
- West Plains Washington Avenue.jpg
- Households
- 4811
- Dialing code
- 417
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- postal code
- 65775
- inception
- 1832-00-00
- Commons category
- West Plains, Missouri
- P8168
- GVB
- water as percent of area
- 0.154
- per capita income
- 21356
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
West Plains is a city in and the county seat of Howell County, Missouri, United States. The population was 12,184 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Plains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.