Nyssa, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.

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. William N. Barron gave the town its name.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nyssa, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 67 ISBN 0899332242
  3. ^ "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)

36°38′23″N 90°14′33″W / 36.6397790°N 90.2426029°W / 36.6397790; -90.2426029


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