Nyssa, Missouri
Nyssa is an unincorporated community in southeast Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
The community is on Missouri Route 51 2.5 miles south of Broseley and three miles north of Qulin. Poplar Bluff is eleven miles to the northwest.[2]
The community was a timber station on the old Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Nyssa is the generic botanical name for the locally abundant tupelo gum.[3]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nyssa, Missouri
- Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 67 ISBN 0899332242
- "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Municipalities and communities of Butler County, Missouri, United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cities |  Map of Missouri highlighting Butler County | |
| Townships | ||
| CDPs | ||
| Other communities | ||
| Ghost town | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.