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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 is a county located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,434.The largest city and county seat is New Madrid, located on the northern side of the Kentucky Bend in the Mississippi River, where it has formed an oxbow around an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky. This feature has also been known as New Madrid Bend or Madrid Bend, for the city.
The county was officially organized on October 1, 1812, and is named after Nuevo Madrid, a district located in the region. This area was under Spanish rule following France's cession of Louisiana after being defeated in the Seven Years' War. The Spanish named the district after Madrid, the capital of Spain.
The county includes a large part of the New Madrid Fault that produced the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. This zone remains geologically active, and had continued to produce smaller earthquakes with some frequency.
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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