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Officially organized by the state legislature on November 13, 1857, the county was named for John Smith Phelps, then a prominent politician in southern Missouri. [[Rolla, Missouri|Rolla]] is the county seat and largest city.
Officially organized by the state legislature on November 13, 1857, the county was named for John Smith Phelps, then a prominent politician in southern Missouri. [[Rolla, Missouri|Rolla]] is the county seat and largest city.
==Geography==
Phelps County is located in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, astride the direct transportation routes from St. Louis to Springfield, Missouri, and from central Missouri to [[Arkansas]]. Somewhat crooked in appearance, its main body is generally rectangular in shape, with short north-south "arms" extending from its northeastern and southwestern corners. It is bordered on the east by Crawford County, on the southeast by [[Dent County, Missouri|Dent County]], on the south by [[Texas County, Missouri|Texas County]], on the west by Pulaski County, on the north by Maries County, and on the northeast by Gasconade County.
The county has a total area of 674.32 square miles, including 671.78 of land and 2.54 of water.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt</ref>
==Communities==
==Communities==
* [[Rolla, Missouri|Rolla]] (county seat)
* [[Rolla, Missouri|Rolla]] (county seat)
* [[St. James, Missouri|St. James]]
* [[St. James, Missouri|St. James]]
==References==
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