Nyssa, Missouri
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Nyssa, Missouri | |
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  Nyssa  Nyssa | |
| Coordinates: 36°38′23″N 90°14′33″W / 36.6397790°N 90.2426029°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Butler |
| Elevation | 440 ft (130 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 573 |
| GNIS feature ID | 740009[1] |
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. William N. Barron gave the town its name.[3]
