Caruthersville

Caruthersville (HMO7B)

Location: Caruthersville, MO 63830 Pemiscot County
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N 36° 11.359', W 89° 39.414'

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The capital of historic Pemiscot County and center for a cotton, grain, timber, and industrial area, Caruthersville was laid out, 1857, by George W. Bushey and J. Hardeman Walker (1794-1860), on the Walker plantation. "Bootheel" counties Pemiscot, Dunklin, and a section of New Madrid are said to be part of Missouri through efforts of Walker. His grave is in Eastwood Methodist Churchyard.

First settlement in this vicinity was the French village of Little Prairie founded as a trading post near an Indian village in 1794, by Francois Le Sieur while Missouri was Spanish Upper Louisiana. During the great New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12, Little Prairie, being in the center of disturbance, was destroyed. Rebuilt, it was later known as Lost Village, and finally fell victim to flood waters and caving river bank.

Caruthersville became seat of Pemiscot County in 1898. Named for its main bayou, an Indian derivative meaning liquid mud, the county was organized, 1851. The first county seat, Gayoso, named for the Spanish Gov. of La., was a few miles north of here. The site was abandoned to the Mississippi River.
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Caruthersville, here in Missouri's Southeast Lowland Region, serves one of the State's most productive agricultural counties. Game, timber, and soil brought Southern pioneers to the area but growth was halted in the Civil War when troops and guerrilla bands ranged the county. During 1864-66, Pemiscot County was completely disorganized and was placed under the jurisdiction of the adjacent New Madrid County Court.

Caruthersville grew as a shipping center with the coming of Louis Houck's St. Louis, Kennett, & Southern R.R. (now Frisco), 1894. Lumber companies, harvesting the county's forests, spurred railroad development. Land reclaimed by St. Francis River (1893) and Little River (1905) drainage districts and levees increased growth. County population rose from 12,115 in 1900 to 45,624 in 1950.

Pemiscot County lies in territory ceded by Osage tribes, 1808, and utilized by bands of Delaware, Shawnee, and Cherokee Indians. Some of the largest Indian mounds found in Missouri are in this county. One mound, near Cottonwood Point, measured 400 feet by 250 before land use reduced its size.
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HM NumberHMO7B
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Year Placed1957
Placed ByState Historical Society of Missouri and State Highway Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 at 5:54pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 261087 N 4008218
Decimal Degrees36.18931667, -89.65690000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 11.359', W 89° 39.414'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 11' 21.54" N, 89° 39' 24.84" W
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Area Code(s)573
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 636-698 Ward Ave, Caruthersville MO 63830, US
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