Wilby, Missouri

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Wilby, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Wilby
Coordinates: 36°52′15″N90°26′23″W / 36.87083°N 90.43972°W / 36.87083; -90.43972
Country United States
State Missouri
County Butler
Elevation
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361 ft (110 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 573
GNIS feature ID752883 [1]

Wilby is an unincorporated community in northern Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is on Missouri Route O approximately seven miles north of Poplar Bluff. It sits on the east margin of the Black River floodplain [2] at an elevation of 361 feet. [1] The community of Hilliard lies three miles to the south-southeast along the Black River. [3] The Missouri Pacific Railway passes the west side of the community along the Black River floodplain. The community lies within the Mark Twain National Forest. Powers Creek flows north of the community. [2]

The community was most likely named after Wilby, a railroad employee. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wilby, Missouri
  2. 1 2 Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 67 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ Poplar Bluff, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966 (1979 rev.)
  4. ↑ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.


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