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Iberia is a city in southeastern Miller County, in the Ozarks of central Missouri, sitting at the intersection of Missouri Routes 17 and 42 about 15 miles southeast of Tuscumbia, the county seat.

A post office called Iberia has been in operation since 1838, and the community takes its name from the Iberian Peninsula, likely passed down through settlers who had come from New Iberia, Louisiana.

The town at its present site was laid out and platted by Henry M. Dickerson in 1859, with the plat filed for record on October 3, 1860, and Iberia was officially incorporated as a village on August 3, 1875.

During the Civil War era the town was also known as Oakhurst, and for years afterward locals called it Rocktown because of a rock-throwing incident during the war.

Iberia Academy and Junior College, a reminder of the town's days as a small education center, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Iberia had 703 residents at the 2020 census, down slightly from 736 in 2010 but well below its all-time peak of 852 people in 1980.

At the 2010 census, Iberia's 736 residents lived in 287 households, giving the little city a notably young median age of just 31.4 years.

The Iberia R-V School District runs the town's elementary school, junior high school, and high school, with the high school operating primarily in an annex building.

Iberia has a public library that is a branch of the Heartland Regional Library System.

According to NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals, Iberia averages about 43 inches of precipitation a year, with July highs averaging near 88°F and only about 7.6 inches of snow annually.