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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Pemiscot County is a county located in the Bootheel in Southeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county's population was 18,296. The largest city and county seat is Caruthersville. The county was officially organized on February 19, 1851, and is named for the local bayou, taken from the Fox dialect pem-eskaw, meaning "liquid mud."
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1851 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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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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| 1865 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1881 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1882 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1883 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1883 | Court 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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| 1860 | 2,962
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| 1870 | 2,059
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| 1880 | 4,299
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| 1890 | 5,975
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| 1900 | 12,115
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| 1910 | 19,559
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| 1920 | 26,634
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| 1930 | 37,284
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| 1940 | 46,857
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| 1950 | 45,624
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| 1960 | 38,095
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| 1970 | 26,373
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| 1980 | 24,987
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| 1990 | 21,921
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~mopemis2/
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