Rocky Comfort, Missouri

Rocky Comfort, Missouri
Census-Designated Place
Location of Rocky Comfort in Missouri
Location of Rocky Comfort in Missouri
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyMcDonald
Area
[1]
 • Total0.55 sq mi (1.43 km2)
 • Land0.55 sq mi (1.43 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total176
 • Density317.69/sq mi (122.70/km2)
FIPS code29-62822
GNIS feature ID725507[2]

Rocky Comfort[2] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeastern McDonald County, Missouri, United States, on Route 76. It is part of the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office called Rocky Comfort has been in operation since 1876.[3] Some say the community was named for the rocky terrain in an idyllic setting, while others believe the name is a transfer from Rocky Comfort, Arkansas.[4] The community is mentioned in Dennis Murphy's poem of 1941, The Doomed Race,[5] and is both title and setting for Wayne Holmes' 2009 memoir, Rocky Comfort.[6] From 1902 to 1908, when it moved to nearby Fairview, the Horner Institute, a private school offering courses from the eighth grade through high school, was located in Rocky Comfort.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020176—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Notable person

  • Travis Phelps, former Major League Baseball pitcher who was born in Rocky Comfort

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rocky Comfort, Missouri
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "McDonald County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Fortner, Mary (1943). "Reviewed work: Doomed Race, Dennis Murphy". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 2 (1): 83–85. doi:10.2307/40021466. JSTOR 40021466.
  6. ^ Holmes, Wayne (June 2009). Rocky Comfort. ISBN 193422300X.
  7. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

36°44′47″N 94°05′26″W / 36.74639°N 94.09056°W / 36.74639; -94.09056