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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.
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 agricultural area.
John Hardeman Walker (March 3, 1794 – April 30, 1860) was an early landowner in southeast Missouri, most famous for convincing the United States Congress to place the Bootheel in Missouri instead of Arkansas. Walker was born in Fayette County, Tennessee.
[4] [5] Route K was extended southeastward one year later, intersecting the newly designated Route M. [5] [6] Route C was extended east of Gideon in 1935, [7] [8] and its section from Clarkton to Gideon was paved one year later. [8] [9] The section of Route C east of Gideon was paved by 1949, [10] [11] and the route was extended eastward by ...
The district encompasses rural Southeast Missouri and South Central Missouri as well as some counties in Southwest Missouri. The district stretches from the Bootheel in the south to the St. Louis southern exurbs of Festus , Hillsboro , and surrounding areas in the Lead Belt ; it ranges in the east to counties along the Mississippi River and in ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 429 square miles (1,110 km 2), of which 412 square miles (1,070 km 2) is land and 17 square miles (44 km 2) (4.0%) is water. [7] It is the easternmost county in the state, as well as the easternmost county in the United States located west of the Mississippi River.
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Caruthersville is a city in and the county seat of Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States, located along the Mississippi River in the Bootheel region of the state's far southeast. The population was 5,562, according to the 2020 census .