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Welcome to Phelps County ...

Time Zone: Phelps County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Rolla is the Seat for Phelps County.

Phelps County was founded in 1857 and was created by taking area from Crawford County.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Phelps had a population of 44,573 people. This is a decrease of 1.59% since the last Census (which gave a population of 45,294 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Phelps represented 0.76% of the total population of Missouri.

Below are some of the communities located in Phelps County:

  • Doolittle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Doolittle is located in Phelps County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
  • Edgar Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Newburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Newburg is located in Phelps County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
  • Rolla
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Rolla is located in Phelps County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,437 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <2>
  • Saint James
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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