Philadelphia, Missouri

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Philadelphia is an unincorporated community in western Marion County, Missouri, United States. It is located about ten miles west of Palmyra on Route 168. It was named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

There is a small school district (Marion Co. RII) headquartered in Philadelphia. There is one school building which contains all grades (K-12). The school team is the Mustangs.

The town is connected by the Mark Twain Rural Telephone Company in Hurdland.

The town is served by a volunteer fire department and a fully-equipped emergency medical response vehicle is which is housed in a new building constructed in 2004 and operated by EMTs and first responders in town.