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The Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway is a flood control component of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in southeast Missouri just below the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. [1] The construction of the floodway was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1928 and later ...
Bird's Point, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.966°N 89.157°W. Bird's Point (or Birds Point) is an unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. [1] It lies on an island or former island in the Mississippi River, near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and is situated directly across from Cairo, Illinois.
Mississippi County is a county located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri, with its eastern border formed by the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,577. [1] The largest city and county seat is Charleston. [2] The county was officially organized on February 14, 1845, and was named after the Mississippi River.
Added to NRHP. January 13, 1972. Hoecake Village Archeological Site ( 23MI8) is a historic archeological site located near East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. This site was investigated by archaeologists from the University of Missouri during 1963 and 1967. Almost all of the mounds were leveled before the 1960s.
Website. www.charlestonmo.us. Charleston is a city in Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,056 at the 2020 census, [ 6 ] down from 5,947 in 2010. It is the county seat of Mississippi County [ 7 ] and is home to the Southeast Correctional Center.
The Murphy Mound Archeological Site (23 PM 43), is a prehistoric archaeological site in the Bootheel region of the U.S. state of Missouri. Located southwest of Caruthersville in Pemiscot County, Missouri [2]: 302 the site was occupied by peoples of the Late Mississippian period, centuries before European colonization of the area. [3]
Added to NRHP. March 10, 2004. Lock and Dam No. 25 is a lock and dam located near Winfield, Missouri, on the Upper Mississippi River around river mile 241.4. The movable portion of the dam is 1,296 feet (395.0 m) long and consists of three roller gates and 14 tainter gates. A 2,566 feet (782.1 m) submersible dike extends to the Illinois shore.
Wilson City is situated in northeastern Mississippi County, 5 miles (8 km) southwest of the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The small city of Wyatt lies along Missouri Route 77, a mile south of Wilson City. U.S. Route 62 connects Wilson City with Charleston, the county seat, to the west and Cairo, Illinois, to the northeast.