Powellville, Missouri

Powellville is a former town on U.S. Highway 66, now an outer road of Interstate 44 in Phelps County, Missouri, United States. It is located about twelve miles (19 km) west of Rolla. Nothing remains of the town.

Powellville was constructed in the late 1920s or early 1930s, with a small motel to serve the drivers of Powell Brothers Truck Line. They traveled from southwest Missouri to St. Louis with freight.

Municipalities and communities of Phelps County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Rolla
Cities	Doolittle Edgar Springs Newburg Rolla St. James
Townships	Arlington Cold Spring Dawson Dillon Liberty Meramec Miller Rolla St. James Spring Creek
Unincorporated communities	Arlington Beulah Blooming Rose Clementine Clinton Craddock Dillon Duke Elk Prairie Flag Spring Flat Jerome Northwye Powellville Rosati Royal Seaton Table Rock Vida Winkler Yancy Mills
Ghost towns	De Camp Macedonia Norman Relfe Signal Spring Creek Westcott

Coordinates: 37°53′22″N 92°00′53″W / 37.88944°N 92.01472°W / 37.88944; -92.01472

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