Wappapello, Missouri

Wappapello
Unincorporated community
Wappapello Lake near the town of Wappapello, Missouri
Wappapello Location within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 36°56′08″N 90°16′15″W / 36.93556°N 90.27083°W / 36.93556; -90.27083Coordinates: 36°56′08″N 90°16′15″W / 36.93556°N 90.27083°W / 36.93556; -90.27083
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Wayne
Elevation	361 ft (110 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	752753^[1]

Wappapello is an unincorporated community in southeastern Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located about thirteen miles northeast of Poplar Bluff next to Lake Wappapello. The community was founded in 1884 and named for a Native American chieftain.^[2]

References

↑ "Wappapello, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 371.

Municipalities and communities of Wayne County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Greenville

Cities	Greenville Piedmont Williamsville

Village	Mill Spring

Townships	Benton Black River Cedar Creek Cowan Jefferson Logan Lost Creek Mill Spring Saint Francois Williams

Unincorporated communities	Cascade Clubb Coldwater Gads Hill Hiram Leeper Lodi Lowndes McGee Patterson Shook Silva Wappapello

Wappapello was founded by Samuel R. Kelley, a veteran of the Civil War. He was originally from Ohio, saw the Wappapello area as a young Union soldier, and homesteaded land there after the war.