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New Madrid County, Missouri

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
10historic places
—earliest paper
1804formed
16,434pop. 2020
66cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Portageville, Howardville, New Madrid.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Missouri is not yet loaded on this site. Browse New Madrid titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Double Bridges Archeological SitePortagevilleSite1974
Howardville SchoolHowardvilleBuilding2017
Hunter-Dawson HouseNew MadridBuilding2012
Hurricane Ridge SiteCatronSite1972
King II Archeological SiteHowardvilleSite1975
La Plant Archeological SiteLa ForgeSite1974
Lilbourn Fortified Village Archeological SiteLilbournSite1969
Portwood Village and MoundPortagevilleSite1977
Sikeston Fortified Village Archeological SiteSikestonSite1971
St. Johns-Laplant IV Archeological DistrictBayouvilleDistrict1975

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

New Madrid was formed in 1804 (1804-10-01) from unknown / original county.

NEW MADRID District (Mo.) created by the District of Louisiana from non-county area; it included all or part of seven present states, including all of Arkansas.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

New Madrid County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

40k21k2,1031810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,1032,2964,5545,6547,69411,28025,18039,78739,44431,35022,94519,76016,434

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

66 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 66 of 66 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Cemetery36.43311-89.64761
Alley - Black Cemetery36.43176-89.65015
Alphonse C LaForge Cemetery36.61329-89.50814
Arbuckle Cemetery36.42824-89.67
Atkinson Cemetery36.43377-89.64504
Baines Cemetery36.57715-89.59015
Baker Cemetery36.42932-89.63345
Barnes Cemetery36.66049-89.39641
Bloomfield Cemetery36.74522-89.53849
Branham Cemetery36.42623-89.73954
Byrne - Howard Cemetery36.59837-89.53785
Cole Cemetery36.67227-89.3884
Como Cemetery36.62347-89.75852
Crabtree Cemetery36.42848-89.73404
Creviosur Cemetery36.48364-89.61606
Davis Cemetery36.65078-89.57463
Dawson Cemetery36.59015-89.57427
Dawson Cemetery36.63402-89.52526
Dettroy Cemetery36.56478-89.58947
Evergreen Cemetery36.60757-89.53724
Ford Cemetery36.62345-89.51821
Fulton Cemetery36.53462-89.58847
Garden of Memories Cemetery36.86503-89.60378
Girvin Cemetery36.40944-89.54211
Graham Cemetery36.67532-89.55499
Griffith Cemetery36.43191-89.62469
Hart Cemetery36.63384-89.54814
Hatcher Cemetery36.58723-89.5557
Haubold Cemetery36.52485-89.59696
Hunter Cemetery36.59795-89.52936
Hunter Cemetery36.687-89.52896
Kimes Cemetery36.45646-89.62322
Knox Cemetery36.6644-89.57523
La Forge Cemetery36.60382-89.5197
Le Sieur Cemetery36.42879-89.54966
Le Sieur Cemetery36.44366-89.58191
Lee Cemetery36.64314-89.57939
Martin Cemetery36.43516-89.62836
Matthews Cemetery36.74978-89.58226
Meatte Cemetery36.45039-89.65944
Minner Cemetery36.60563-89.55938
Mitchell Cemetery36.67151-89.5499
Moore Cemetery36.6318-89.54438
Mounds Park Cemetery36.57135-89.58925
New Hope Cemetery36.50387-89.60928
Newbauer Cemetery36.52915-89.58742
Noxall Cemetery36.73027-89.58008
Parma Cemetery36.60509-89.82785
Powell Cemetery36.59877-89.55565
Raidt Cemetery36.62461-89.51032
Reeder Cemetery36.52079-89.58725
Rhodes Cemetery36.6569-89.57637
Riddles Cemetery36.41125-89.53984
Robbins Cemetery36.5089-89.56024
Saint Mary Cemetery36.5996-89.5467
Saint Marys Cemetery36.61711-89.54762
Sand Hill Cemetery36.58867-89.55363
Scott Cemetery36.42118-89.66387
Sherwood Cemetery36.62268-89.54303
Sherwood Cemetery36.63715-89.57052
Sikeston Memorial Park36.86348-89.58645
Simmons Cemetery36.62687-89.70968
Steele Cemetery36.69405-89.57589
Sugar Tree Ridge Cemetery36.65222-89.36317
Wright Cemetery36.60568-89.51717
Yount Cemetery36.45022-89.57517
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Cody36.61061-89.60952
Crumpecker36.60839-89.86648
Hondin36.622-89.73008
Juanita36.82033-89.59119
Krepin36.61867-89.72036
Nordlow36.597-89.89537
Wila36.61672-89.78342

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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