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| Name | Cape Girardeau |
| Alt names | Cape Girardeau | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 37.383°N 89.717°W |
| Located in | Missouri, United States (1812 - ) |
| See also | Bollinger, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Franklin, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Madison, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Scott, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Stoddard, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Washington, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Wayne, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Cape Girardeau County is a county located in Southeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county's population was 75,764. While the largest city in the county is Cape Girardeau, the county seat is actually Jackson, which was the first city named in honor of President Andrew Jackson . The county was officially organized on October 1, 1812 and is named after Ensign Sieur Jean Baptiste de Giradot, a French official. The "cape" in the county's name is named after a promontory rock overlooking the Mississippi River.
Cape Girardeau County is the central hub of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is also the site of one of the oldest cold cases in the state of Missouri. Bonnie Huffman, a 20-year-old schoolteacher, was found murdered in a ditch just outside of Delta on July 2, 1954.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1805 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1805 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1805 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1812 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1815 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1883 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1810 | 3,888
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| 1820 | 5,968
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| 1830 | 7,445
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| 1840 | 9,359
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| 1850 | 13,912
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| 1860 | 15,547
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| 1870 | 17,558
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| 1880 | 20,998
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| 1890 | 22,060
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| 1900 | 24,315
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| 1910 | 27,621
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| 1920 | 29,839
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| 1930 | 33,203
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| 1940 | 37,775
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| 1950 | 38,397
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| 1960 | 42,020
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| 1970 | 49,350
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| 1980 | 58,837
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| 1990 | 61,633
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Research Tips
External links
www.showme.net/CapeCounty/
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