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Topographic map of the bootheel and surrounding areas of Missouri and neighboring states.. The Missouri Bootheel is a salient (protrusion) located in the southeasternmost part of the U.S. state of Missouri, extending south of 36°30′ north latitude, so called because its shape in relation to the rest of the state resembles the heel of a boot.
Mooney delineated the region as "covering West Kentucky, West Tennessee, part of the Tennessee River Valley in Alabama, the northern half of Mississippi, the Eastern half of Arkansas and southeast Missouri". [3] Southern Illinois (especially Cairo, shown on the map) and Southwestern Indiana are also occasionally included in this region.
Map of the United States with Missouri highlighted. Missouri is a state located in the Midwestern United States. In Missouri, cities are classified into three types: 3rd Class, 4th Class, and those under constitutional charters.
Missouri generally has a humid continental climate with cool, sometimes cold, winters and hot, humid, and wet summers. In the southern part of the state, particularly in the Bootheel, the climate becomes humid subtropical. Located in the interior United States, Missouri often experiences extreme temperatures.
Kansas City metropolitan area (parts of Missouri and Kansas) Louisville metropolitan area (Kentuckiana) (parts of Kentucky and Indiana) Memphis metropolitan area (parts of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi) Michiana (parts of Michigan and Indiana) Minneapolis–Saint Paul (the Twin Cities) (parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin)
Sikeston / ˈ s aɪ k s t ən / 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.
Pemiscot County is a county located in the southeastern corner in the Bootheel in the U.S. state of Missouri, with the Mississippi River forming its eastern border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,661.
Kennett is a city in and the county seat of Dunklin County, Missouri, United States. The city is located in the southeast corner (or "Bootheel") of Missouri, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Arkansas and 20 miles (32 km) from the Mississippi River. It had a population of 10,515 at the 2020 census. Kennett is the largest city in the Bootheel, a mostly ...