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Description: This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Phelps County, Missouri, highlighting Rolla in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape.
Phelps County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 44,638. The largest city and county seat is Rolla. [1] The county was organized on November 13, 1857, and was named for U.S. Representative and Governor of Missouri John Smith Phelps. [2]
Rolla (/ ˈ r ɒ l ə /) is a city in, and the county seat of, Phelps County, Missouri, United States. [4] Its population in the 2020 United States Census was 19,943. [ 5 ] It is approximately midway between St. Louis and Springfield along I-44 .
Rolla was laid out in 1888 in part of Edward Owen's homestead. [6] The origin of the name Rolla is disputed, but there are three main theories. It was either derived from a contraction of the county name, which was coined by Dr. Richard D. Cowan, a local physician, it was named after Arthur Noyes's brother, Rolla, or it was named after Rolla, Missouri.
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The average population of Missouri's counties is 53,880; St. Louis County is the most populous (987,059), and Worth County is the least (1,907). The average land area is 599 sq mi (1,550 km 2 ). The largest county is Texas County (1,179 sq mi, 3,054 km 2 ) and the smallest is St. Louis city (61.9 sq mi, 160 km 2 ).
It was the only county in the state to support George McGovern in 1972 and is additionally the only North Dakota county to have supported Jimmy Carter in 1980. [22] In each of the five presidential elections from 1996 to 2012, the Democratic candidate received over 60% of the vote, with Barack Obama winning 75.1% in 2008 and 74.0% in 2012.
Vida is an unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri, United States. Vida is approximately six miles south of Rolla, near the junction of US Highway 63 and Missouri Route W. [1] [2] Vida is located at an elevation of 1033 feet above sea level. [3] Vida can be found on Phelps County plat maps in Section 10, Township 36 N, Range 9 W. [4]