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Cape Girardeau (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ r ɑːr d oʊ / jirr-AR-doh, French: Cap-Girardeau [kap ʒiʁaʁdo] ⓘ; 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, making it the 17th-largest in the state. [5]
Broadway and North Fountain Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.The district encompasses four contributing buildings in the central business district of Cape Girardeau built between 1907 and 1937.
David Limbaugh, commentator and author who served as a member of the Cape Girardeau City Council for eight years, including six as mayor pro-tem. [54]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
George Christian Thilenius (August 20, 1829 – July 7, 1910) was a German-born American politician, soldier, and businessman from the state of Missouri. He is known for the being a Missouri state representative, mayor of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and for the Colonel George C. Thilenius House which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cape Girardeau's Riverfront Park, located at 121 N. Water St., overlooks the Mississippi River. Portions of the riverfront are featured in the "Gone Girl" trailer. Greta Cross is the trending ...
Broadway Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly commercial section of Cape Girardeau.
Cape Girardeau County was organized on October 1, 1812, as one of five original counties in the Missouri Territory after the US made the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. It is named after Ensign Sieur Jean Baptiste de Girardot (also spelled Girardeau or Girardat), a French officer stationed 1704–1720 at Kaskaskia in the Illinois Country of New France.
Haarig Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In 2000, the area listed was 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) and included 13 contributing buildings. It developed between about 1875 and 1950, and includes representative examples of Italianate and Tudor Revival architecture. They are predominantly two ...