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'''Arbyrd''' is a city in southern [[Dunklin County, Missouri|Dunklin County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 509 at the 2010 census.
==History==
A post office has been in operation at Arbyrd since at least 1915. Its name derived from a local landowner by the name of A. R. Byrd, who had some connection to the Missouri railroad entrepreneur Louis Houck.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html</ref> It was incorporated in 1919.
==Geography==
Arbyrd is located along Missouri State Highway 164 in southern Dunklin County, just east of its intersection with Highway 108 and U.S. Route 412. It is about three miles east of [[Cardwell, Missouri|Cardwell]] and seven miles west of [[Hornersville, Missouri|Hornersville]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°03’02”N 90°14’20”W.
The city lies within the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain, with the St. Francis River a few miles to the west. It has a total land area of 1.00 square miles, and an average elevation of 249 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]
==History==
A post office has been in operation at Arbyrd since at least 1915. Its name derived from a local landowner by the name of A. R. Byrd, who had some connection to the Missouri railroad entrepreneur Louis Houck.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html</ref> It was incorporated in 1919.
==Geography==
Arbyrd is located along Missouri State Highway 164 in southern Dunklin County, just east of its intersection with Highway 108 and U.S. Route 412. It is about three miles east of [[Cardwell, Missouri|Cardwell]] and seven miles west of [[Hornersville, Missouri|Hornersville]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°03’02”N 90°14’20”W.
The city lies within the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain, with the St. Francis River a few miles to the west. It has a total land area of 1.00 square miles, and an average elevation of 249 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]