Tyler is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Pemiscot County, located in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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. The community is situated on County Road 570, approximately four miles east-southeast of
Cooter. The
Mississippi River
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is 1.5 miles to the east, while
Cottonwood Point, situated on the bank of the Mississippi, is three miles to the northeast.
History
A post office called Tyler was established in 1891 and remained in operation until 1954. The community was named after H. A. Tyler, a businessperson in the lumber industry.
References
Unincorporated communities in Pemiscot County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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