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Cape Girardeau, Missouri Cape Girardeau ( , french: Cap-Girardeau ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,540. The city is one of two principal citie ...

, is the most populous city in

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and southeastern Missouri which is sometimes known as the

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List of Mayors

Cape Girardeau mayors since 1843, when the city was incorporated. {, , - ,

Notable city managers for Cape Girardeau

{, class="wikitable sortable" ! City managers ! Took office ! Left office ! Additional information , - , Paul F. Frederick , 1966 , 1970 , First Cape Girardeau city manager. He was from Minot, North Dakota. , - , W. G. Lawley , 1970 , 1980 , , - , Paul Stehr , 1981 , 1981 , Acting city manager. Mayor of Cape Girardeau, 1978–81. , - , Gary A. Eide , 1981 , 1987 , , - , J. Ronald Fischer , 1988 , 1995 , Mayor of Cape Girardeau, 1966–1967. , - , Michael G. Miller , 1995 , 2003 , Died in 2017. , - , Doug Leslie , 2003 , 2009 , , - , Scott A. Meyer , 2009 , 2020 , Former director of facilities management at Southeast Missouri State University. , - , Kenneth Haskin , 2021 , present , City manager of

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, from 2013 until 2021, and Texarkana's assistant city manager and director of economic development from 2008 until 2013. , -

Notable members of the Cape Girardeau city council

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, commentator and author who served as a member of the Cape Girardeau City Council for eight years, including six as mayor pro-tem. * Raymond Melvin Gateley (1926-2018), former president of the Missouri State Teacher's Association who served in the Army Air Corps during the Pacific War and as a member of the Cape Girardeau City Council for eight years * James “J.J.” Williamson (1952-2022), first black Cape Girardeau city council member was elected in 1994.

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Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau ( , french: Cap-Girardeau ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,540. The city is one of two principal citie ...