; french: Comté de New Madrid) is a

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located in the Bootheel of the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,434. The largest city and

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is New Madrid, located on the northern side of the

Kentucky Bend The Kentucky Bend, variously called the New Madrid Bend, Madrid Bend, Bessie Bend, or Bubbleland, is an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky, encircled by the states of Tennessee and Missouri. It is a portion of a peninsula defined by an oxbow ...

in the

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, where it has formed an

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around an exclave of

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. 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

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after being defeated in the

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. The Spanish named the district after

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, the capital of

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. The county includes a large part of the

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that produced the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. This zone remains geologically active, and had continued to produce smaller earthquakes with some frequency.

History

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from New France landed in this area in 1781 and established the first European settlement in the present county at New Madrid along the Mississippi River. France had ceded this area to Spain following its loss in the Seven Years' War. The Spanish governor,

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, appointed American colonel William Morgan, a Revolutionary War veteran from

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, as

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to recruit new settlers for the area. Morgan attracted about 2,000 settlers before Spain returned this territory to France in the late 18th century. They settled mostly in the area of what is now the city of

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. After failing to regain control of its colony of

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, where a slave rebellion had been raging, France gave up on North America, selling its large territory west of the Mississippi River in 1803 to the United States under the

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. New Madrid County was organized on October 1, 1812, as an act of the First General Assembly of the

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. In the

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of the

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, this area was long cultivated by planters using enslaved African Americans for

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production. A series of more than 1,000 earthquakes struck the area in 1811 and 1812. The New Madrid earthquakes were the strongest non- subduction zone earthquake in the

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. A request dated January 13, 1814, by the Territorial Governor

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, asked for

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relief for the "inhabitants of New Madrid County." The county had its peak of population in 1940, according to US census records, as shown in the table. Many residents left the rural county from 1950 to 1970, seeking better work opportunities in the North and Midwest. County population has continued to decline. In 2017 the county was featured in an episode of ''Madrid de sol a sol'', a show from Spanish public channel

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exploring locations named "Madrid".

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.1%) is water. The county is located on the

of the Mississippi River, which forms a border of the county. This feature is also known as New Madrid Bend or Madrid Bend. This oxbow flows around an exclave of

. Scientists expect that eventually the river will cut a new channel across the narrow neck of the peninsula, which will gradually be attached by infill land to Missouri.

Adjacent counties

* Scott County (north) * Mississippi County (northeast) *

(south and east across the Mississippi river) *

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(south across the river) * Pemiscot County (south) * Dunklin County (southwest) * Stoddard County (northwest)

Major highways

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* U.S. Route 60 *

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* Route 153 * Route 162

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 19,760 people, 7,824 households, and 5,508 families residing in the county. The population density was 29 people per square mile (11/km²). There were 8,600 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile (5/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 83.21%

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, 15.36%

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, 0.19% Native American, 0.14%

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, 0.01%

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, 0.32% from

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, and 0.78% from two or more races. Approximately 0.93% of the population were

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of any race. Among the major first ancestries reported in New Madrid County were 32.4% American, 10.3%

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, 8.8%

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, and 8.7%

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ancestry. There were 7,824 households, out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.00% were married couples living together, 14.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.60% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.99. In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.40% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 92.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.50 males. The median income for a household in the county was $32,758, and the median income for a family was $39,411. Males had a median income of $28,408 versus $19,186 for females. The

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for the county was $17,227. About 18.60% of families and 22.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.40% of those under age 18 and 19.20% of those age 65 or over.

Religion

According to the

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County Membership Report (2000), New Madrid County is a part of the

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as evangelical Protestantism is the majority religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in New Madrid County who adhere to a religion are

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(62.86%),

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(8.80%), and Methodists (7.36%).

2020 Census

Politics

Local

The

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formerly almost completely controlled politics at the local level in New Madrid County. Democrats and Republicans now almost evenly split all elected positions in the county.

State

New Madrid County is wholly encompassed by the 149th

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district and is currently represented by Republican Don Rone of Portageville. In the

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, all of New Madrid County is a part of Missouri's 25th District and is currently represented by Republican Jason Bean of

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Federal

New Madrid County is included in

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and is currently represented by

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(R- Salem) in the

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. Smith won a special election on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to finish out the remaining term of

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Jo Ann Emerson Jo Ann Emerson (née Hermann; born September 16, 1950) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1996 to 2013. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel, the Lead Belt an ...

(R-

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). Emerson announced her resignation a month after being reelected with over 70 percent of the vote in the district. She resigned to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative. New Madrid County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the

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Josh Hawley Joshua David Hawley (born December 31, 1979) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the junior United States senator from Missouri since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Hawley served as the 42nd attorney general of Mi ...

(R- Columbia) and

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(R- Strafford). Blunt was elected to a second term in

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over then-Missouri Secretary of State

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Political culture

At the presidential level, New Madrid County, lying in the

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(one of the regions of Missouri most closely associated with the

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), was powerfully Democratic from shortly after the

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through 2000; from 1868 through 2000, it voted Republican only in Harding's, Hoover's, Nixon's, and Reagan's national landslides in 1920, 1928, 1972, and 1984, respectively. However, after the county switched from Gore to Bush in 2004, it has become a Republican stronghold, having, as of 2020, voted Republican five elections in a row, with the Republican vote share increasing in every election. In 2020, Trump exceeded three-quarters of the vote in the county. Voters in New Madrid County generally adhere to socially and culturally

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principles but are more moderate or

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on economic issues, typical of the Dixiecrat philosophy. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman. New Madrid County passed it with 83.82 percent of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent support as Missouri became the first state to ban

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. In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state—it failed in New Madrid County with 56.09 percent voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51 percent of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve

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. Despite New Madrid County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county support such

causes as increasing the

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. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed New Madrid County with 75.66 percent of the vote. The proposition was strongly in every county in Missouri, with 78.99 percent voting in favor. During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)

In the 2008 presidential primary, voters in New Madrid County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally. Former

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(D-

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) received more votes, a total of 1,801, than any candidate from either party in New Madrid County during the 2008 presidential primary. She also received more votes than the total number of votes cast in the entire Republican Primary in New Madrid County.

Education

Of adults 25 years of age and older in New Madrid County, 63.6% possess a

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or higher while 9.6% hold a

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or higher as their highest educational attainment.

Public schools

*Gideon School District 37 -

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**Gideon Elementary School (K-6) **Gideon High School (7-12) *

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R-I School District - New Madrid **Lilbourn Elementary School (PK-5) - Lilbourn ** Matthews Elementary School (PK-5) -

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**New Madrid County Central Elementary School (PK-5) **New Madrid County Central Middle School (6-08) **New Madrid County Central High School (9-12) *Portageville School District - Portageville **Portageville Elementary School (PK-5) **Portageville Middle School (6-8) **Portageville High School (9-12) *Risco R-II School District - Risco **Risco Elementary School (K-6) **Risco High School (7-12)

Private schools

*St. Eustachius Elementary School - Portageville - (PK-8) -

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*Immaculate Conception School - New Madrid - (PK-8) - Roman Catholic

Alternative/vocational schools

* New Madrid Bend Youth Center - New Madrid - (6-12) - Alternative *New Madrid R-I Technical Skills Center - New Madrid - (9-12) - Vocational/Technical

Public libraries

*Lilbourn Memorial Library *New Madrid County Library

Communities

Cities and Towns

* Canalou * Catron *

* Howardville * Lilbourn * Marston *

* Morehouse * New Madrid (county seat) * North Lilbourn *

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* Portageville (partly in Pemiscot County) * Risco *

Sikeston Sikeston is a city located both in southern Scott County and northern New Madrid County, in the state of Missouri, United States. It is situated just north of the "Missouri Bootheel", although many locals consider Sikeston a part of it. By way ...

(mostly in Scott County) * Tallapoosa

Unincorporated Communities

* Bayouville * Big Ridge * Boekerton * Broadwater *

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* Farrenburg * Hartzell * Hurricane Ridge * Kewanee * La Forge * Lorwood * Noxall * Point Pleasant * Ristine

References

External links

Digitized 1930 Plat Book of New Madrid County
from

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