Editing Wyatt, Missouri (section)

==History==
Wyatt was originally called "Pevey Switch", and under the latter name got its start in 1881 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref name="history">{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mississippi.html | title=Mississippi County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | accessdate=November 6, 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071928/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mississippi.html | archivedate=June 24, 2016 | url-status=live}}</ref> A post office called Wyatt has been in operation since 1895.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Mississippi | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=6 November 2016}}</ref> The present name is after William Wyatt, an early settler.<ref name="history" />

The Cotton Belt rail line, running for {{convert|5.3|mi|km|1}} between [[Bird's Point, Missouri|Bird's Point]] and Wyatt, was abandoned by [[Interstate Commerce Commission|ICC]] order on October 9, 1938. In late 1941, an oil pipeline was laid on the old Cotton Belt right-of-way, between Wyatt and Bird's Point, to facilitate the transportation of crude oil by barge. The Cotton Belt handled railroad tank cars from [[Arkansas]], [[Louisiana]] and [[Texas]] to Wyatt for shipment by pipeline of the oil to Bird's Point and transloading onto barges. The {{convert|8.7|mi|km|adj=on|1}} section of railroad line between Wyatt and [[East Prairie, Missouri|East Prairie]] was abandoned by ICC order on April 25, 1980.<ref>David M. Bernstein, "St. Louis Southwestern Railway Line Abandonment and Sales," Cotton Belt Symposium, April 16, 2007.</ref><ref>Fred Frailey, ''Blue Streak Merchandise'', Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1991, p. 22. {{ISBN|0-89024-130-9}}</ref>