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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="کاروترزویل، میزوری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کاروترزویل، میزوری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville_(Missouri)" title="Caruthersville (Missouri) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Caruthersville (Missouri)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville" title="Caruthersville – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Caruthersville" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville" title="Caruthersville – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Caruthersville" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville,_Missouri" title="Caruthersville, Missouri – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Caruthersville, Missouri" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville_(Misuri)" title="Caruthersville (Misuri) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Caruthersville (Misuri)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville_(Missouri)" title="Caruthersville (Missouri) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Caruthersville (Missouri)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="کاروترزویل، میزوری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کاروترزویل، میزوری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville" title="Caruthersville – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Caruthersville" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville,_Missouri" title="Caruthersville, Missouri – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Caruthersville, Missouri" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville" title="Caruthersville – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Caruthersville" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8)" title="Карузэрсвилл (Миссури) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Карузэрсвилл (Миссури)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville,_Missouri" title="Caruthersville, Missouri – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Caruthersville, Missouri" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8)" title="Карузэрсвилл (Миссури) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Карузэрсвилл (Миссури)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville_(Missouri)" title="Caruthersville (Missouri) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Caruthersville (Missouri)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville_(Missouri)" title="Caruthersville (Missouri) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Caruthersville (Missouri)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz 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data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville" title="Caruthersville – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Caruthersville" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville" title="Caruthersville – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Caruthersville" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville" title="Caruthersville – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Caruthersville" 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data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruthersville,_Missouri" title="Caruthersville, Missouri – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Caruthersville, Missouri" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%81%D1%81%D1%83%D1%80%D1%96)" title="Керутерсвілл (Міссурі) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Керутерсвілл (Міссурі)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Caruthersville, Missouri</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ward_near_Fourth_in_Caruthersville.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ward Avenue downtown"><img alt="Ward Avenue downtown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ward_near_Fourth_in_Caruthersville.jpg/250px-Ward_near_Fourth_in_Caruthersville.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ward_near_Fourth_in_Caruthersville.jpg/375px-Ward_near_Fourth_in_Caruthersville.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ward_near_Fourth_in_Caruthersville.jpg/500px-Ward_near_Fourth_in_Caruthersville.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="1584" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Ward Avenue downtown</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pemiscot_County_Missouri_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Caruthersville_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within Pemiscot County and Missouri"><img alt="Location within Pemiscot County and Missouri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Pemiscot_County_Missouri_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Caruthersville_Highlighted.svg/250px-Pemiscot_County_Missouri_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Caruthersville_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Pemiscot_County_Missouri_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Caruthersville_Highlighted.svg/375px-Pemiscot_County_Missouri_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Caruthersville_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, 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.latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Caruthersville,_Missouri&params=36_10_53_N_89_39_59_W_region:US_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°10′53″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°39′59″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.18139°N 89.66639°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.18139; -89.66639</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Missouri" title="List of counties in Missouri">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Pemiscot County, Missouri">Pemiscot</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">May 18, 1874</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Caruthers" title="Samuel Caruthers">Samuel Caruthers</a> (U.S. Congressman)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Sue Grantham (2023)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5.24 sq mi (13.56 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">5.16 sq mi (13.36 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.08 sq mi (0.20 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">269 ft (82 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,562</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,078.32/sq mi (416.37/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a 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href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">29-11692<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2393761<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.caruthersvillecity.com">www<wbr />.caruthersvillecity<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Caruthersville</b> is a <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Pemiscot County, Missouri">Pemiscot County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, United States, located along the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Bootheel" title="Missouri Bootheel">Bootheel</a> region of the state's far southeast. The population was 5,562, according to the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Caruthersville lies in Missouri's <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Bootheel" title="Missouri Bootheel">Bootheel</a> on the Mississippi River. The word "Pemiscot" comes from the word <span title="Meskwaki-language text"><i lang="sac">pemiskaw,</i></span> meaning "liquid mud" in the <a href="/wiki/Fox_language" title="Fox language">Fox language</a>. Mississippi waters have frequently flooded the flatlands, creating fertile alluvial land valued for farming. Settling the floodplain has resulted in periodic problems for residents, as there are regular floods despite (and because of) elaborate constructed systems of levees and flood controls. </p><p>Native Americans inhabited the land of the Caruthersville area for thousands of years before European settlement. The <a href="/wiki/Mississippian_culture" title="Mississippian culture">Mississippian culture</a> built huge earthwork mounds throughout the Mississippi Valley. <a href="/wiki/Murphy_Mound_Archeological_Site" title="Murphy Mound Archeological Site">One such earthwork</a> remains in this county, rising 270 feet above sea level about four miles southwest of Caruthersville. It stands in contrast to the surrounding delta-like plain. </p><p>In 1857 John Hardeman Walker and G. W. Bushey laid out and <a href="/wiki/Plat" title="Plat">platted</a> the town of Caruthersville.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town was named for <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Caruthers" title="Samuel Caruthers">Samuel Caruthers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who first represented the area in the US Congress. </p><p>The City of Caruthersville was incorporated on May 18, 1874. The first few decades of the town's growth can be documented through <a href="/wiki/Sanborn_maps" title="Sanborn maps">Sanborn maps</a>, which recorded building ownership, materials, and use.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1893, Missouri's General Assembly created the Saint Francis Levee District to construct protection for that part of the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Francis_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Francis River">Saint Francis River</a> basin lying within the counties of Dunklin, New Madrid, and Pemiscot. This act authorized taxes for the purpose of building, repairing, protecting, and maintaining levees in the district. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century_to_present">20th century to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 20th century to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>White violence against <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African Americans</a> increased in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as they were pushing them out of the political system and voting across the South. Whites <a href="/wiki/Lynching_in_the_United_States" title="Lynching in the United States">lynched</a> four men in Caruthersville: D. Malone and W.J. Mooneyhon on May 3, 1903; and A.B. Richardson and Benjamin Woods on October 11, 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-genweb_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genweb-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Steel cages are one of the oldest form of enclosures used in professional wrestling. The earliest known "steel <a href="/wiki/Cage_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Cage match">cage matches</a>" of any kind took place on January 9, 1936 in Caruthersville, Missouri, in a card that included two such "chicken wire fence" matches between Lon Chaney and Otto Ludwig, and Joe Dillman vs. Charles Sinkey. These matches took place in a ring surrounded by chicken wire, in order to keep the athletes inside, and prevent any potential interference.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In February 1969, construction began on a bridge across the Mississippi at Caruthersville. Completed in 1976 and connecting with <a href="/wiki/Dyersburg,_Tennessee" title="Dyersburg, Tennessee">Dyersburg, Tennessee</a>, it is the only bridge to cross the Mississippi River between <a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois" title="Cairo, Illinois">Cairo, Illinois</a> and <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>. It is a single-tower cantilever bridge carrying <a href="/wiki/Interstate_155_(Missouri%E2%80%93Tennessee)" title="Interstate 155 (Missouri–Tennessee)">Interstate 155</a> and U.S. Route 412.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the night of April 2, 2006, 60% of Caruthersville was severely damaged or destroyed by <a href="/wiki/April_2,_2006_Tornado_Outbreak" class="mw-redirect" title="April 2, 2006 Tornado Outbreak">a string of tornadoes</a> that passed through the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern United States</a>. At least two persons were confirmed killed in <a href="/wiki/Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Pemiscot County, Missouri">Pemiscot County</a> as a result of the tornado. On Monday morning, local police, <a href="/wiki/Missouri_State_Highway_Patrol" title="Missouri State Highway Patrol">state troopers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Missouri_National_Guard" title="Missouri National Guard">National Guard</a> had barred entrance into Caruthersville and issued it as a "no fly zone" to anyone who was not a resident, an emergency worker, or a member of the newsmedia. According to the emergency management director from a nearby county, as many as 1,500 people were displaced by the storm, which struck the southwest side of the city.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As reported by Caruthersville's then-mayor, Diane Sayre, there were no confirmed fatalities within city limits, but electricity and water services were disabled. Several churches, landmarks, and schools were destroyed or severely damaged, including St. John's Episcopal, Jesus Name Tabernacle, Faith Missionary Baptist, Caruthersville Municipal Airport, Caruthersville Cotton Warehouse, the Boy's and Girl's Club of the Bootheel, Knox's Drive In, the Kwik Chek, Caruthersville High School, and Caruthersville Middle School.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is located in the state's <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Bootheel" title="Missouri Bootheel">Bootheel</a>, along the western bank of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> and within the seismically active <a href="/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="New Madrid Seismic Zone">New Madrid Seismic Zone</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Caruthersville_Bridge" title="Caruthersville Bridge">Caruthersville Bridge</a> is the only bridge crossing the river between <a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois" title="Cairo, Illinois">Cairo, Illinois</a> and <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 5.24 square miles (13.57 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 5.16 square miles (13.36 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km<sup>2</sup>) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_files_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_files-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen Climate Classification</a> system, Caruthersville has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a>, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Caruthersville, Missouri (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1898–2012) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">111<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">108<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">111<br />(44) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.1<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.1<br />(10.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.9<br />(15.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.8<br />(21.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.1<br />(26.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.5<br />(30.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.1<br />(32.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.9<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.0<br />(28.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.4<br />(22.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.4<br />(15.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.0<br />(9.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">69.8<br />(21.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.9<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.9<br />(5.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.9<br />(9.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.4<br />(15.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.7<br />(20.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.9<br />(25.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.1<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.6<br />(26.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.8<br />(22.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.5<br />(16.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.8<br />(9.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.9<br />(4.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">60.3<br />(15.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(−1.3) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.7<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.8<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.0<br />(10.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.4<br />(15.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.4<br />(20.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.2<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.2<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.7<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.6<br />(10.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.1<br />(4.5) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">50.8<br />(10.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−15<br />(−26) </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−22<br />(−30) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9<br />(−23) </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−22<br />(−30) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #67FF67; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.00<br />(102) </td> <td style="background: #34FF34; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.87<br />(124) </td> <td style="background: #38FF38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.25<br />(133) </td> <td style="background: #10FF10; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.12<br />(155) </td> <td style="background: #1FFF1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.91<br />(150) </td> <td style="background: #54FF54; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.38<br />(111) </td> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.78<br />(96) </td> <td style="background: #87FF87; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.14<br />(80) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.59<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #50FF50; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.60<br />(117) </td> <td style="background: #52FF52; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.39<br />(112) </td> <td style="background: #38FF38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.23<br />(133) </td> <td style="background: #4DFF4D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">55.26<br />(1,404) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">106.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop 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0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>230</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>2,315</td><td></td><td>906.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>3,655</td><td></td><td>57.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>4,750</td><td></td><td>30.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>4,781</td><td></td><td>0.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>6,612</td><td></td><td>38.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>8,614</td><td></td><td>30.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>8,643</td><td></td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>7,350</td><td></td><td>−15.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>7,958</td><td></td><td>8.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>7,389</td><td></td><td>−7.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>6,760</td><td></td><td>−8.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>6,168</td><td></td><td>−8.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>5,562</td><td></td><td>−9.8%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Caruthersville Racial Composition<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Num. </th> <th>Perc. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> </td> <td>3,169 </td> <td>56.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> </td> <td>1,922 </td> <td>34.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>0.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </td> <td>297 </td> <td>5.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> </td> <td>149 </td> <td>2.68% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 United States Census</a>, there were 5,562 people, 2,360 households, and 1,352 families residing in the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 6,168 people, 2,454 households and 1,567 families living in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 1,195.3 per square mile (461.5/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 2,727 housing units at an average density of 528.5 per square mile (204.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup was 63.89% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 33.09% <a href="/wiki/Black_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black (U.S. Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.28% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.19% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.11% Native Hawaiian or <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.76% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 1.67% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 2.35% of the population. </p><p>There were 2,454 households, of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.3% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 22.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.1% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.10. </p><p>The median age was 34.2 years. 29.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.4% were from 25 to 44; 23.9% were from 45 to 64; and 14.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup was 46.6% male and 53.4% female. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the 2000 census,<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 6,760 people, 2,643 households and 1,723 families living in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 1,290.8 per square mile (498.1 per km<sup>2</sup>). There were 2,999 housing units at an average density of 572.7 per square mile (221.0 per km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup was 66.08% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 31.41% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.13% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.53% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.70% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.12% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.66% of the population. </p><p>There were 2,643 households, of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 21.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.17. </p><p>32.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.8 males. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Median_household_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Median household income">median household income</a> was $19,601 and the median family income was $23,454. Males had a median income of $25,821 and females $17,434. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> was $12,034. About 28.1% of families and 35.7% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 50.3% of those under age 18 and 23.4% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Caruthersville 18 School District operates one elementary school, one middle school, and Caruthersville High School.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town has a lending library, the Caruthersville Public Library.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Caruthersville,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of Caruthersville, Missouri">List of Caruthersville mayors</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Caruthersville,_Missouri" title="Special:EditPage/Caruthersville, Missouri">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Major resources for the Caruthersville area include commerce supplied by the Mississippi river barge and transport industry as well as agriculture which accounts for 60% of the local economy. Large portions of the cash crops grown in the area, rice, soy beans and cotton are sent through the Mississippi River transportation industry to distribution points along the Mississippi delta region. There is now a riverboat casino in Caruthersville which has revived the local economy and provided a new source of tourist revenue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city of Caruthersville has the historic <a href="/wiki/Caruthersville_Water_Tower" title="Caruthersville Water Tower">Caruthersville Water Tower</a> which was built between 1902 and 1903. It is one of three in the nation with the appearance of a lighthouse with the other two located in Indiana and Louisiana. This one is on the National Register of Historic Places.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Acuff" title="Eddie Acuff">Eddie Acuff</a>, actor, stage and screen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._England" title="John B. England">John B. England</a>, World War II fighter ace</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Hightower" title="Donna Hightower">Donna Hightower</a>, singer, songwriter</li> <li>Cedric Antonio Kyles, aka <a href="/wiki/Cedric_the_Entertainer" title="Cedric the Entertainer">Cedric the Entertainer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Mayes" title="Wendell Mayes">Wendell Mayes</a>, screenwriter, playwright</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Arthur_Oliver" title="James Arthur Oliver">James Oliver</a>, zoologist and herpetologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_Reed" title="Clarke Reed">Clarke Reed</a>, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Riggs" title="John M. Riggs">John M. Riggs</a>, US Army General</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Scoggin" title="Margaret Scoggin">Margaret Scoggin</a>, librarian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Young" title="Reggie Young">Reggie Young</a>, musician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caruthersville,_Missouri&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer">"ArcGIS REST Services Directory"</a>. 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Missouri</span></a>, <span class="country-name">United States</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span>Caruthersville</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bragg_City,_Missouri" title="Bragg City, Missouri">Bragg City</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Caruthersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooter,_Missouri" title="Cooter, Missouri">Cooter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayti,_Missouri" title="Hayti, Missouri">Hayti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayti_Heights,_Missouri" title="Hayti Heights, Missouri">Hayti Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holland,_Missouri" title="Holland, Missouri">Holland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestown,_Missouri" title="Homestown, Missouri">Homestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portageville,_Missouri" title="Portageville, Missouri">Portageville</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steele,_Missouri" title="Steele, Missouri">Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wardell,_Missouri" title="Wardell, Missouri">Wardell</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of Missouri highlighting Pemiscot County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_Missouri_highlighting_Pemiscot_County.svg/75px-Map_of_Missouri_highlighting_Pemiscot_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_Missouri_highlighting_Pemiscot_County.svg/113px-Map_of_Missouri_highlighting_Pemiscot_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Map_of_Missouri_highlighting_Pemiscot_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Missouri_highlighting_Pemiscot_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1291" data-file-height="1136" /></span><figcaption>Map of Missouri highlighting Pemiscot County</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Village_(United_States)#Missouri" title="Village (United States)">Villages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pascola,_Missouri" title="Pascola, Missouri">Pascola</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">Townships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Braggadocio_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Braggadocio Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Braggadocio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Butler Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Concord Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooter_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Cooter Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Cooter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godair_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Godair Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Godair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayti_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Hayti Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Hayti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holland_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Holland Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Holland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Prairie_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Little Prairie Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Little Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_River_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Little River Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Little River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascola_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Pascola Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Pascola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pemiscot_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Pemiscot Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Pemiscot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Township,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Virginia Township, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deering,_Missouri" title="Deering, Missouri">Deering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Denton, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayward,_Missouri" title="Hayward, Missouri">Hayward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acorn_Corner,_Missouri" title="Acorn Corner, Missouri">Acorn Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakerville,_Missouri" title="Bakerville, Missouri">Bakerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braggadocio,_Missouri" title="Braggadocio, Missouri">Braggadocio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Concord, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Missouri" title="Covington, Missouri">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cunningham,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Cunningham, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayoso,_Missouri" title="Gayoso, Missouri">Gayoso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Gibson, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobler,_Missouri" title="Gobler, Missouri">Gobler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermondale,_Missouri" title="Hermondale, Missouri">Hermondale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingram_Ridge,_Missouri" title="Ingram Ridge, Missouri">Ingram Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinfolks_Ridge,_Missouri" title="Kinfolks Ridge, Missouri">Kinfolks Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCarty,_Missouri" title="McCarty, Missouri">McCarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micola,_Missouri" title="Micola, Missouri">Micola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_City,_Missouri" title="Mid City, Missouri">Mid City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands,_Missouri" title="Netherlands, Missouri">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Survey,_Missouri" title="New Survey, Missouri">New Survey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Wardell,_Missouri" title="North Wardell, Missouri">North Wardell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Ridge,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Oak Ridge, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Oak Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peach_Orchard,_Missouri" title="Peach Orchard, Missouri">Peach Orchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shade,_Missouri" title="Shade, Missouri">Shade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stubtown,_Missouri" title="Stubtown, Missouri">Stubtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler,_Missouri" title="Tyler, Missouri">Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicksburg,_Missouri" title="Vicksburg, Missouri">Vicksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yama,_Missouri" title="Yama, Missouri">Yama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">Ghost towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Island,_Missouri" title="Black Island, Missouri">Black Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent,_Missouri" title="Brent, Missouri">Brent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canady,_Missouri" title="Canady, Missouri">Canady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faust,_Missouri" title="Faust, Missouri">Faust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourteen_Bend,_Missouri" title="Fourteen Bend, Missouri">Fourteen Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy,_Missouri" title="Kennedy, Missouri">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stancil,_Missouri" title="Stancil, Missouri">Stancil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart,_Missouri" title="Stewart, Missouri">Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swift,_Missouri" title="Swift, Missouri">Swift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry,_Pemiscot_County,_Missouri" title="Terry, Pemiscot County, Missouri">Terry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westbrook,_Missouri" title="Westbrook, Missouri">Westbrook</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Missouri_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Missouri (state)"><span>Missouri portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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title="Fredericktown, Missouri">Fredericktown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton,_Missouri" title="Fulton, Missouri">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainesville,_Missouri" title="Gainesville, Missouri">Gainesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galena,_Missouri" title="Galena, Missouri">Galena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallatin,_Missouri" title="Gallatin, Missouri">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_City,_Missouri" title="Grant City, Missouri">Grant City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenfield,_Missouri" title="Greenfield, Missouri">Greenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Missouri" title="Greenville, Missouri">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisonville,_Missouri" title="Harrisonville, Missouri">Harrisonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartville,_Missouri" title="Hartville, Missouri">Hartville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann,_Missouri" title="Hermann, Missouri">Hermann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermitage,_Missouri" title="Hermitage, 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