Nyssa, Missouri
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.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nyssa, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 67 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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