 doolittle is a city in phelps county, missouri, united states. the population was 630 at the 2010 census. ==history== the town is named for lt. general jimmy doolittle of world war two fame who bombed tokyo in a daring raid and helped turn the tide of the war in the pacific. the town was originally called centertown because it was halfway between rolla and newburg. this name, coined by a local man named monroe ramsey, caught on over the years. the town boomed in the spring of 1941 when construction of fort leonard wood, 20 miles away, began in earnest due to the war
Cities_in_Phelps_County,_Missouri Communities_on_U.S._Route_66 Populated_places_established_in_1941