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| Name | New Madrid |
| Alt names | New Madrid | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 36.583°N 89.617°W |
| Located in | Missouri, United States (1812 - ) |
| See also | Dunklin, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pemiscot, 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) | | 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
New Madrid County (pronounced ) ) is a county located in the Bootheel of Southeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 Census, the county's population was 18,956. The largest city and county seat is New Madrid. The county was officially organized on October 1, 1812, and is named after a district located in the region that was once under Spanish rule, Nuevo Madrid, after Madrid, Spain.
The county takes in a large part of the New Madrid Fault that produced the 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquake and has the potential to produce more earthquakes in the future.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1800 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1805 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1805 | Land 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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| 1847 | Marriage 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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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1810 | 2,103
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| 1820 | 2,296
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| 1830 | 2,350
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| 1840 | 4,554
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| 1850 | 5,541
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| 1860 | 5,654
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| 1870 | 6,357
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| 1880 | 7,694
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| 1890 | 9,317
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| 1900 | 11,280
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| 1910 | 19,488
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| 1920 | 25,180
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| 1930 | 30,262
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| 1940 | 39,787
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| 1950 | 39,444
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| 1960 | 31,350
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| 1970 | 23,420
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| 1980 | 22,945
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| 1990 | 20,928
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~monewmad/
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