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Charleston is a city in Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,056 at the 2020 census , [ 6 ] a decrease from 5,947 in 2010 . It is the county seat of Mississippi County [ 7 ] and since 1968 has been home to the annual Dogwood-Azalea Festival which highlights the old homes and gardens throughout the town.
The McCutchen Theatre was opened on July 20, 1948. [2] [3] It is a three-story, brick-constructed, post-war Art Deco-style commercial building.It was built as a single-screen movie theater with a large illuminated neon and metal upper façade.
The first American settlers reached what became Charleston in 1830. Seven years later, Thankful Randol sold Joseph Moore 22½ acres of land. Moore used it to lay out a plan for the city of Charleston. Its original boundary was 12 blocks square - four north and south, and three east and west. The Original Plat was filed on May 20, 1837.
Design Toscano, Inc. is a US-based multinational mail order catalog and electronic commerce company founded by Michael Stopka in 1989. [1] It is currently headquartered in Wood Dale, Illinois . It manufactures and sells statuary , historical reproductions, furniture and home decor .
The district is based in Southeast Missouri and includes all of the counties of Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, Perry, and Scott. [2] Major municipalities in the district include Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Jackson, Perryville, Charleston, Scott City, and Fredericktown.
Chariton County is a county located in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,408. [1] Its county seat is Keytesville. [2]
Moore House, also known as the James Handy and Mary Hunter Moore House, is a historic home located at Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri. It was built in 1899–1900, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, Colonial Revival style red brick dwelling. It measures approximately 65 feet by 47 feet and is topped by a hipped roof with gables.
3rd Generation Mayor son of Carl William Layton (former mayor), grandson of Willis Ransom McCracken (former mayor). Born 1933 in Charleston, Missouri. Sam E. Story Sr. (1928-2002) [7] 1971 [8] 1972 [8] He served in U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Charles Richard Williams Sr. (1940-2017) 1972 [9] c. 1973 Charleston's first black mayor. [10]