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The Dudley community has been in existence since 1874 at the latest, being mentioned in regional publications at that time. Its name comes from an early settler by the name of Dudley, about whom little else is known.<ref>https://shsmo.org/collections/manuscripts/ramsay/stoddard</ref> The community was incorporated in 1896, disincorporated in 1904, and reincorporated in 1915. It remained small but fairly prosperous through the 1930s, due to the vast amount of timber being cut and processed at nearby sawmills. After this was exhausted, Dudley experienced an economic slump, but recovered from the 1960s onward, thanks to the relocation of several agricultural facilities to the area.<ref>''Stoddard County, Missouri 1835-1985'' (1985), p. 29-30.</ref>
The Dudley community has been in existence since 1874 at the latest, being mentioned in regional publications at that time. Its name comes from an early settler by the name of Dudley, about whom little else is known.<ref>https://shsmo.org/collections/manuscripts/ramsay/stoddard</ref> The community was incorporated in 1896, disincorporated in 1904, and reincorporated in 1915. It remained small but fairly prosperous through the 1930s, due to the vast amount of timber being cut and processed at nearby sawmills. After this was exhausted, Dudley experienced an economic slump, but recovered from the 1960s onward, thanks to the relocation of several agricultural facilities to the area.<ref>''Stoddard County, Missouri 1835-1985'' (1985), p. 29-30.</ref>
==Geography==
Dudley is located on Route TT in west-central Stoddard County, just south of U.S. Route 60. It lies about seven miles west of [[Dexter, Missouri|Dexter]] and about 16 miles east of [[Poplar Bluff, Missouri|Poplar Bluff]], with Route 60 providing direct access to both locations. Its exact coordinates are 36°47’24”N 90°05’32”W.
The town lies on generally flat terrain just to the south and west of Crowley's Ridge, a local range of low hills. It has a total land area of 0.39 square miles, and an average elevation of 354 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Education==
Dudley at one time possessed its own school system. Today, however, it and the nearby area are served by the Dexter R-XI School District.
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