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New Madrid County, Missouri

New Madrid County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Madrid, Spain.

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History of New Madrid

When the county of New Madrid was first organized in 1812, the boundaries were: On the north the south line of Cape Girardeau County; on the east the main channel of the Mississippi River; on the south a line commencing in the middle of the said river opposite the lower end of an island laid down in the navigator as No. 19: thence in a direct line to strike White River at the mouth of Red River to the western boundary of the Osage purchase, thence northward on said line to the south line of Cape Girardeau County. One of the five counties organized by Governor Benjamin Howard from Missouri Territory in 1812. Until 1818, when Wayne County (q.v.) was cut off from it, New Madrid County included all the counties here studied. Its name was derived from the old town of New Madrid, named in 1789 for the capital of Spain. (Eaton (44) V, p. 72; Houck (10) I, p. xxi; Haswell (11), p. 19) This territory was reduced in 1821 by the organization of Scott County; in 1829 by the organization of Stoddard County, and in 1851 to its present size by the organization of Pemiscot County. It was named for the principal town within its limits (cf. above). (Goodspeed 327-330, Douglass I 164-166)

Source: Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.
 

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