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Pemiscot County, Missouri

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. The largest city and county seat is Caruthersville. The county was officially organized on February 19, 1851. It is named for the local bayou, taken from the word pem-eskaw, meaning "liquid mud", in the language of the native Fox (Meskwaki) people. This has been an area of cotton plantations and later other commodity crops.

Murphy Mound Archeological Site has one of the largest platform mounds in Missouri. It is a major earthwork of the Late Mississippian culture, which had settlement sites throughout the Mississippi Valley and tributaries. The site is privately owned and is not open to the public. The site may have been occupied from as early as 1200 CE and continuing to about 1541.

History
Bordering the river and its floodplain, the county was devoted to agricultural development and commodity crops. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the major commodity crop was cotton, which was worked at the beginning mainly by enslaved African Americans.

After the Reconstruction era, four African Americans were lynched in the area, all during the early 1900s and in the county seat. This was a period of disfranchisement for African Americans, and included heightened violence against them by racist mobs.

To escape such this mistreatment, many African Americans left the county in the Great Migration, moving to big cities to seek employment. Also, with the mechanization of agriculture requiring fewer laborers, the county's population has continually declined since its peak in 1940.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 513 sqmi, of which 493 sqmi is land and 21 sqmi (4.1%) is water. Fishing is a popular activity among residents in the area.

Adjacent counties

 * New Madrid County (north)
 * Lake County, Tennessee (northeast across the Mississippi River)
 * Dyer County, Tennessee (southeast across the Mississippi River)
 * Mississippi County, Arkansas (south)
 * Dunklin County (west)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,047 people, 7,855 households, and 5,317 families residing in the county. The population density was 41 /mi2. There were 8,793 housing units at an average density of 18 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 71.76% White, 26.23% Black or African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.62% from other races, and 0.85% from two or more races. Approximately 1.57% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Among the major first ancestries reported in Pemiscot County were 31.9% American, 7.8% Irish, 5.6% English, and 5.5% German ancestry.

There were 7,855 households, out of which 33.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.00% were married couples living together, 18.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. 28.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 30.00% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 25.00% from 25 to 44, 21.10% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 88.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,992, and the median income for a family was $33,945. Males had a median income of $27,476 versus $17,358 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,599. About 24.80% of families and 30.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 43.20% of those under age 18 and 23.20% of those age 65 or over.

Religion
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2000), Pemiscot County is a part of the Bible Belt with evangelical Protestantism being the majority religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Pemiscot County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (69.98%), Methodists (7.56%), and Churches of Christ (4.76%).

Education
Of adults 25 years of age and older in Pemiscot County, 58.2% possess a high school diploma or higher, while 8.4% hold a bachelor's degree or higher as their greatest educational attainment.

Public schools

 * Caruthersville School District 18 - Caruthersville
 * Caruthersville Elementary School (PK-05)
 * Caruthersville Middle School (06-08)
 * Caruthersville High School (09-12)
 * Cooter R-IV School District - Cooter
 * Cooter Elementary School (K-06)
 * Cooter High School (07-12)
 * Delta C-7 School District - Deering
 * Delta Elementary School (K-06)
 * Delta High School (07-12)
 * Hayti R-II School District - Hayti
 * Mathis Elementary School (PK-03)
 * Wallace Elementary School (04-06)
 * Hayti High School (07-12)
 * North Pemiscot County R-I School District - Wardell
 * Ross Elementary School - Portageville - (K-05)
 * North Pemiscot County High School - (06-12)
 * South Pemiscot County R-V School District - Steele
 * South Pemiscot County Elementary School (K-06)
 * South Pemiscot County High School (07-12)

Alternative/vocational schools

 * Diagnostic Center - Hayti - (K-12) - Special education
 * External Locations - Hayti - (K-12) - Special education
 * Oak View Learning Center - Hayti - (K-12) - Special education
 * Pemiscot County Vocational School - Hayti - (11-12) - Vocational/technical

Public libraries

 * Caruthersville Public Library
 * Conran Memorial Library
 * Steele Public Library

Cities

 * Bragg City
 * Caruthersville (county seat)
 * Cooter
 * Cottonwood Point
 * Hayti
 * Hayti Heights
 * Holland
 * Homestown
 * Portageville (mostly in New Madrid County)
 * Steele
 * Wardell

Village

 * Pascola

Former village

 * North Wardell

Census-designated place

 * Hayward

Other unincorporated places

 * Acorn Corner
 * Bakerville
 * Braggadocio
 * Channel
 * Concord
 * Covington
 * Cunningham
 * Deering
 * Denton
 * Gayoso
 * Gibson
 * Gobler
 * Hermondale
 * Ingram Ridge
 * Kinfolks Ridge
 * McCarty
 * Micola
 * Mid City
 * Netherlands
 * New Survey
 * Oak Ridge
 * Oakville
 * Peach Orchard
 * Samford
 * Shade
 * Stubtown
 * Tyler
 * Vicksburg
 * Yama

Local
The Democratic Party historically controlled politics at the local level in Pemiscot County. However, the county has not been immune to the growing Republican trend in Southeast Missouri. In 2020, two Democratic incumbents switched parties, and Lisa Bowlby Sheckell (R) was elected in a contested election for the County Assessor. The Democratic Party continues to hold a majority of offices as of 2022.

State
The northern half of Pemiscot County is a part of Missouri's 149th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is currently represented by Don Rone Jr. (R-Portageville).

The southern half of Pemiscot County is a part of Missouri's 150th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is currently represented by Andrew McDaniel (R-Deering).

All of Pemiscot County is a part of Missouri's 25th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Republican Jason Bean of Poplar Bluff. The 25th Senatorial District consists of Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Shannon, and Stoddard counties.

Federal
Pemiscot County is included in Missouri's 8th Congressional District and is currently represented by Jason T. Smith (R-Salem) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith won a special election on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to finish out the remaining term of U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R-Cape Girardeau). Emerson announced her resignation a month after being reelected with over 70 percent of the vote in the district. She resigned to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative.

Pemiscot County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the U.S. Senate by Josh Hawley (R-Columbia) and Roy Blunt (R-Strafford).

Blunt was elected to a second term in 2016 over then-Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.

Political culture
At the presidential level, Pemiscot County, lying in the Missouri Bootheel (one of the regions in Missouri most associated with the American South), was powerfully Democratic from shortly after the Civil War through 2000. From 1868 through 2000, it voted Republican only in Harding's, Hoover's, Nixon's, and Reagan's national landslides in 1920, 1928, 1972, and 1984, respectively. In 1968, it was the only county in Missouri to vote for George Wallace.

In 2004, George W. Bush flipped the county from blue to red, albeit narrowly, and since then, the county has solidified its standing as a Republican bastion. As of 2020, the county has voted Republican five times in a row, with the Republican vote share increasing in every election. In 2008, Pemiscot County swung the most Republican of all the counties in the state, as McCain improved on Bush's vote share by fully 6.2%, already besting not only Bush but every Republican to have carried the county in at least the prior hundred years apart from Nixon in 1972. In 2020, Donald Trump posted the best showing for a Republican in the county in at least over a century, with his nearly 72% exceeding Nixon's 70%. Similarly to other highly rural Southern counties in the 21st century, the Democratic raw vote total has decreased in every election since then as well.

As in most rural areas throughout Missouri, voters in Pemiscot County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles, but are more moderate or populist on economic issues, typical of the Dixiecrat philosophy. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman—it passed Pemiscot County with 84.73 percent of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent of support from voters, as Missouri became the first state to ban same-sex marriage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state—it failed in Pemiscot County, with 52.41 percent voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51 percent of support from voters, as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve embryonic stem cell research. Despite Pemiscot County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing populist causes, such as increasing the minimum wage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed Pemiscot County with 78.01 percent of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 78.99 percent voting in favor as the minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour in the state. During the same election, voters in five other states strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
In the 2008 presidential primary, voters in Pemiscot County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally. Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 1,270, than any candidate from either party in Pemiscot County during the 2008 presidential primary. She also received more votes than the total number of votes cast in the entire Republican Primary in Pemiscot County.

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Talk:West Norwood

Location of Knights Hill
Can we agree on the name of the location of the northern Knights Hill at ? If we say its in W Dulwich we miss out the other districts it straddles, e.g. Streatham Hill, & W Norwood. Although this article is 'W. Norwood' my preference is to say 'Tulse Hill' which covers them all. The Peabody Hill housing sits in Lambeth. The current Bartholomew Streetmap puts it at Tulse Hill (but in SE21), and the current OS 'Magic' map shows the hill & tunnel to be crossed by the Dulwich & W Norwood ward boundary w. Streatham. The older OS map shows it to lie with Lower Norwood as a detached parish of Streatham. Ephebi 18:21, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Could we refer to it being in several places? Is it notable enough for a seperate article as a hill or as a place.  I know there was an issue about this before, but if we do this right, then I have no problem. Regan123 22:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup
This article isn't in particularly good condition. It needs the lists removing, the trivia integrating and a good amount of references added. Do people know good sources to look at. It is a shame that an important part of the area is in such poor condition. Regan123 17:50, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Well that's an improvement! There are still some lists in there that could be put into paragraphs and integrating the notable residents into the copy has worked wonders on other articles for stopping the continual adding of people. Regan123 18:00, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

who's Jack BC, Entrepreneur
I've never heard of "Jack BC, Entrepreneur" mentioned in the notable residents section and there are no links or references, a quick google didn't show up anything either. one for the chop?

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Ozark County, Missouri

Ozark County is a county in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,553. The largest city and county seat is Gainesville. The county was organized as Ozark County, named after the Ozark Mountains, on January 29, 1841. It was renamed Decatur County, after Commodore Stephen Decatur, from 1843 to 1845, after which the name Ozark County was restored.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 755 sqmi, of which 745 sqmi is land and 10 sqmi (1.4%) is water. Arkansas is located to the south of Ozark County.

Adjacent counties

 * Douglas County (north)
 * Howell County (east)
 * Fulton County, Arkansas (southeast)
 * Baxter County, Arkansas (south)
 * Marion County, Arkansas (southwest)
 * Taney County (west)

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 160.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 160
 * [[Image:MO-5.svg|20px]] Route 5
 * [[Image:MO-95.svg|20px]] Route 95
 * [[Image:MO-142.svg|20px]] Route 142
 * [[Image:MO-181.svg|20px]] Route 181

National protected area

 * Mark Twain National Forest (part)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,542 people, 3,950 households, and 2,855 families residing in the county. The population density was 13 /mi2. There were 5,114 housing units at an average density of 7 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 97.57% White, 0.15% Black or African American, 0.65% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 1.36% from two or more races. Approximately 0.94% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Among the major first ancestries reported in Ozark County were 28.6% American, 15.9% German, 12.1% English, and 11.4% Irish.

There were 3,950 households, out of which 26.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.20% were married couples living together, 6.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 24.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.10% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 22.80% from 25 to 44, 28.70% from 45 to 64, and 19.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 98.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,508, and the median income for a family was $36,622. Males had a median income of $21,685 versus $17,312 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,302. About 16.10% of families and 21.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.80% of those under age 18 and 17.20% of those age 65 or over.

Religion
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2000), Ozark County is a part of the Bible Belt with evangelical Protestantism being the majority religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Ozark County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (25.79%), Churches of Christ (24.83%), and Pentecostals (17.07%).

Education
Of adults 25 years of age and older in Ozark County, 73.0% possesses a high school diploma or higher while 8.3% holds a bachelor's degree or higher as their highest educational attainment.

Public schools

 * Thornfield R-I School District - Thornfield - (K-08)
 * Lutie R-VI School District - Theodosia
 * Lutie Elementary School (K-06)
 * Lutie High School (07-12)
 * Gainesville R-V School District - Gainesville
 * Gainesville Elementary School (K-06)
 * Gainesville High School (07-12)
 * Dora R-III School District - Dora
 * Dora Elementary School (K-06)
 * Dora High School (07-12)
 * Bakersfield R-IV School District - Bakersfield
 * Bakersfield Elementary School (PK-05)
 * Bakersfield High School (06-12)

Public libraries
Gainesville Library

Local
The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at the local level in Ozark County. Republicans hold all but one of the elected positions in the county.

State
All of Ozark County is a part of Missouri's 155th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is represented by Travis Smith (R-Dora).

All of Ozark County is a part of Missouri's 33rd District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Carla Eslinger (R-Wasola).

Federal
Ozark County is included in Missouri's 8th Congressional District and is currently represented by Jason T. Smith (R-Salem) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith won a special election on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to finish out the remaining term of U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R-Cape Girardeau). Emerson announced her resignation a month after being reelected with over 70 percent of the vote in the district. She resigned to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative.

Political culture
Like most counties situated in Southwest Missouri, Ozark County is a Republican stronghold in presidential elections. George W. Bush carried Ozark County in 2000 and 2004 by convincing two-to-one margins. Like many other rural counties throughout Missouri, Ozark County favored John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008. No Democratic presidential nominee has won Ozark County in over 150 years.

Like most rural areas throughout the Bible Belt in Southwest Missouri, voters in Ozark County traditionally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles which tend to influence their Republican leanings. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman—it overwhelmingly passed Ozark County with 82.18 percent of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent of support from voters as Missouri became the first state to ban same-sex marriage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state—it narrowly failed in Ozark County with 51.07 percent voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51 percent of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve embryonic stem cell research. Despite Ozark County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing populist causes like increasing the minimum wage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed Ozark County with 76.94 percent of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 78.99 percent voting in favor as the minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour in the state. During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
In the 2008 presidential primary, voters in Ozark County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally. Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) received more votes, a total of 766, than any candidate from either party in Ozark County during the 2008 presidential primary.

City

 * Gainesville (county seat)

Villages

 * Bakersfield
 * Theodosia

Census-designated places

 * Pontiac
 * Sundown
 * Wasola

Unincorporated communities

 * Almartha
 * Brixey
 * Dora
 * Dugginsville
 * Elijah
 * Foil
 * Hammond
 * Hardenville
 * Howards Ridge
 * Isabella
 * Longrun
 * Lutie
 * Mammoth
 * Noble
 * Nottinghill
 * Ocie
 * Rockbridge
 * Romance
 * Souder
 * Sycamore
 * Tecumseh
 * Thornfield
 * Trail
 * Udall
 * Willhoit
 * Zanoni

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Osage County, Missouri

Osage County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,274. Its county seat is Linn. The county was organized January 29, 1841, and named from the Osage River.

Osage County is part of the Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its geography and the founding of Westphalia Vineyards links it to the Missouri Rhineland, extending along the Missouri River valley to the western edges of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.

According to data from the 2010 census, Osage County is the whitest county in Missouri, with 98.85 percent of residents being white.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 610 sqmi, of which 604 sqmi is land and 6.1 sqmi (1.0%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Callaway County (north)
 * Gasconade County (east)
 * Maries County (south)
 * Miller County (southwest)
 * Cole County (west)
 * Montgomery County (northeast)

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 50.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 50
 * [[Image:US 63.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 63
 * [[Image:MO-89.svg|20px]] Route 89
 * [[Image:MO-100.svg|20px]] Route 100
 * [[Image:MO-133.svg|20px]] Route 133

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,062 people, 4,922 households, and 3,578 families residing in the county. The population density was 22 /mi2. There were 5,904 housing units at an average density of 10 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 98.64% White, 0.16% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.07% from other races, and 0.80% from two or more races. Approximately 0.59% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 4,922 households, out of which 34.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.70% were married couples living together, 6.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.30% were non-families. 23.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.30% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 27.70% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,565, and the median income for a family was $46,503. Males had a median income of $29,538 versus $22,353 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,245. About 5.90% of families and 8.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.00% of those under age 18 and 10.40% of those age 65 or over.

Public schools

 * Osage County R-I School District – Chamois
 * Osage County R-I Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Chamois High School (07-12)
 * Osage County R-II School District – Linn
 * Osage County R-II Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Linn High School (07-12)
 * Osage County R-III School District – Westphalia
 * Fatima Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Fatima High School (07-12)

Private schools

 * St. Joseph Catholic School – Westphalia (K-09) – Roman Catholic
 * Immaculate Conception School – Loose Creek (K-09) – Roman Catholic
 * St. George School – Linn (K-09) – Roman Catholic
 * Sacred Heart School – Rich Fountain (K-09) – Roman Catholic
 * Holy Family School – Freeburg (K-09) – Roman Catholic
 * St. Mary's School – Bonnots Mill (K-09) – Roman Catholic

Post-secondary

 * State Technical College of Missouri - Linn, Missouri

Public libraries

 * Osage County Library

Cities and Towns

 * Argyle (a portion of the city extends into Maries County)
 * Belle (mostly in Maries County)
 * Bland (mostly in Gasconade County)
 * Chamois
 * Freeburg
 * Linn (county seat)
 * Meta
 * Westphalia

Unincorporated Communities

 * Aud
 * Babbtown
 * Bonnots Mill
 * Byron
 * Cooper Hill
 * Crook
 * Deer
 * Folk
 * Frankenstein
 * Freedom
 * Hope
 * Judge
 * Koeltztown
 * Koenig
 * Loose Creek
 * Luystown
 * Mint Hill
 * Potts
 * Rich Fountain
 * Saint Aubert

Local
The Republican Party mostly controls politics at the local level in Osage County. Republicans currently hold over half of the elected positions in the county.

State
Osage County is split between two of the districts that elect members of the Missouri House of Representatives, and both are represented by Republicans.

 * District 61 — Aaron Griesheimer). Consists of the northern half of the county.

 * District 62 — Tom Hurst (R- Meta). Consists of Linn and the southern half of the county.

All of Osage County is a part of Missouri's 6th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Mike Kehoe (R-Jefferson City).

Federal
All of Osage County is included in Missouri's 3rd Congressional District and is currently represented by Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2016)
Donald J. Trump received more votes, a total of 1,316, than any candidate from either party in Osage County during the 2016 presidential primary.

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Talk:Notting Hill

Collaboration on turning this into a Good article
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Notting Hill name
I once saw a very old ordinance survey map where Notting Hill was called "Noding Hill"

Pauline Jackson 30 July 2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.19.195.143 (talk) 10:28, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

"Caribbean immigrants were drawn to the area in the 1950s, partly because of the dubious practices followed by the landlord Peter Rachman,"
Clarification required on this sentence. What 'dubious practises' is the author referring to? What precisely was the connection between Rachman's activities and Carribean immigrants? 195.112.55.34 (talk) 12:09, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

'New Crossrail Station'
This section reads like campaigning material; I question whether it's really appropriate for the page. Ref WP:SOAP and WP:BALL 86.1.64.115 (talk) 00:55, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

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Economic Impact
The figure of £93 million is based on a multiplier applied to a direct figure of £45m direct benefits. I question this. The multiplier is drawn from the British arts Festivals association who are not a disinterested source and it is only applied to benefits not to costs. All the stall holders along Portobello Road are closed down & replaced by other stalls selling - almost without exception - barbecued food, yet this is might be seen as a neutral economic effect. I would also suggest that it is unlikely that more casual traders pay the same rate of taxes (if any) that the regular stalls might pay. Householders pay upto £400 to have their properties boarded up. Obviously this creates profit for builders (plus the "multiplier") but the householder experiences this as a loss which cannot even be claimed on insurance, as a burglary would. In which case an economic argument could be made for the positive effects of burglary or theft. In 2015 Boris Johnson said that 407 arrests (which seems likely to have been exceeded in 2016) was unacceptable - but has to be seen in context of "£93m benefits." In other words it IS acceptable due to this oft quoted figure. 02:02, 30 August 2016 (UTC).-Streona (talk) 02:03, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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Oregon County, Missouri

Oregon County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,635. Its county seat is Alton. The county was officially organized on February 14, 1845, and was named for the Oregon Territory in the northwestern United States.

Home to a large area of the Mark Twain National Forest, Oregon County contains more national forest acreage than any county in the state of Missouri. It also contains the Irish Wilderness, the largest federally protected wilderness area in the state. Hiking, backpacking, and horseback riding opportunities abound on the Ozark Trail and the White's Creek Trail. Canoeing, kayaking, jonboating, and fishing are popular on the Eleven Point River, which is Missouri's only National Wild and Scenic River.

Eleven Point State Park is under development east of Alton, Missouri that includes 6 miles of Eleven Point River frontage.

Grand Gulf State Park, just west of Thayer, includes a karst window, a collapsed karst canyon.

History
Oregon County was created in 1845, at a time when the Oregon boundary dispute was a major issue.

Geography
The county has a total area of 792 sqmi, of which 790 sqmi is land and 1.7 sqmi (0.2%) is water. Arkansas is located to the south of Oregon County.

Adjacent counties

 * Shannon County (north)
 * Carter County (northeast)
 * Ripley County (east)
 * Randolph County, Arkansas (southeast)
 * Sharp County, Arkansas (south)
 * Fulton County, Arkansas (southwest)
 * Howell County (west)

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 63.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 63
 * [[Image:US 160.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 160
 * [[Image:MO-19.svg|20px]] Route 19
 * [[Image:MO-99.svg|20px]] Route 99
 * [[Image:MO-142.svg|20px]] Route 142

National protected area

 * Mark Twain National Forest (part)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there was 10,344 people, 4,263 households, and 3,018 families residing in the county. The population density was 13 /mi2. There were 4,997 housing units at an average density of 6 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 94.61% White, 0.10% Black or African American, 2.88% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 2.19% from two or more races. Approximately 1.09% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Among the major first ancestries reported in Oregon County were 29.7% American, 13.4% English, 13.1% Irish, and 13.0% German.

There were 4,263 households, out of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were married couples living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.20% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.30% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 24.10% from 25 to 44, 26.50% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 96.40 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 92.80 men.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,119, and the median income for a family was $31,637. Males had a median income of $22,304 versus $16,353 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,043. About 16.30% of families and 22.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.20% of those under age 18 and 20.00% of those age 65 or over. Of the state's 115 counties, in 2010 Oregon ranked last in terms of poverty.

Religion
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), Oregon County is a part of the Bible Belt with evangelical Protestantism being the majority religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Oregon County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (46.0%), National Association of Free Will Baptists (30.1%), and Churches of Christ (9.1%).

Local
Political control at the county level is currently divided between the Democratic and Republican parties.

State
All of Oregon County is a part of the 143rd District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is currently represented by Jeffrey Pogue (R-Salem).

All of Oregon County is a part of Missouri's 33rd District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Mike Cunningham (R-Rogersville).

Federal
Oregon County is included in Missouri's 8th Congressional District and is currently represented by Jason T. Smith (R-Salem) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith won a special election on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to finish out the remaining term of U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R-Cape Girardeau). Emerson announced her resignation a month after being reelected with over 70 percent of the vote in the district. She resigned to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative.

Political culture
At the presidential level, Oregon County was solidly Democratic from its founding in 1845 through 1996; in 1960, Richard Nixon became the first Republican ever to carry the county, but, aside from Nixon's landslide over McGovern in 1972, it would not go Republican again until 2000, when it voted for George W. Bush. It voted Republican again in the next two elections, 2004 and 2008, although the Republican vote share shrank slightly in both elections. In 2012, Mitt Romney became the first Republican since 1972 to break 60% in the county; in 2016, Donald Trump became the first Republican to exceed 70%; and in 2020, Trump became the first Republican to exceed 80%. The county has voted Republican for six elections straight as of 2020.

Like most rural areas throughout Southeast Missouri, voters in Oregon County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman—it overwhelmingly passed Oregon County with 87.09 percent of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent of support from voters as Missouri became the first state to ban same-sex marriage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state—it failed in Oregon County with 56.78 percent voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51 percent of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve embryonic stem cell research. Despite Oregon County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing populist causes like increasing the minimum wage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed Oregon County with 73.14 percent of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 75.94 percent voting in favor as the minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour in the state. During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
In the 2008 presidential primary, voters in Oregon County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally. Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 989, than any candidate from either party in Oregon County during the 2008 presidential primary.

Education
Of adults 25 years of age and older in Oregon County, 72.0% possesses a high school diploma or higher while 9.1% holds a bachelor's degree or higher as their highest educational attainment.

Public schools

 * Alton R-IV School District - Alton
 * Alton Elementary School (K-06)
 * Alton High School (07-12)
 * Couch R-I School District - Myrtle
 * Couch Elementary School (K-06)
 * Couch High School (07-12)
 * Oregon-Howell R-III School District - Koshkonong
 * Koshkonong Elementary School (K-06)
 * Koshkonong High School (07-12)
 * Thayer R-II School District - Thayer
 * Thayer Elementary School (K-06)
 * Thayer High School (07-12)

Public libraries

 * Oregon County Library District

Cities

 * Alton (county seat)
 * Koshkonong
 * Thayer

Census-designated place

 * Thomasville

Other unincorporated places

 * Bardley
 * Billmore
 * Braswell
 * Brawley
 * Calm
 * Clifton
 * Corona
 * Couch
 * Deckard-Y
 * Farewell
 * Garfield
 * Greer
 * Griswold
 * Guiteau
 * Hollis
 * Huddleston
 * Jeff
 * Jobe
 * Lulu
 * Many Springs
 * Midway
 * Myrtle
 * Rover
 * Royal Oak
 * Wilderness
 * Woodside

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Nodaway County, Missouri

Nodaway County is a county located in the northwest part of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,241. Its county seat is Maryville. The county was organized February 14, 1845, and is named for the Nodaway River. It is the largest in area of the counties added to Missouri in the 1836 Platte Purchase and the fourth-largest county by area in Missouri.

Nodaway County comprises the Maryville, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The county has a rich agricultural history. It is the home of trainers Ben Jones and Jimmy Jones, whose horses won six Kentucky Derby races and two Triple Crowns.

The county is home to Northwest Missouri State University. The university's grounds were a re-creation of the landscape of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. In 1993, Northwest was designated by the Missouri State Legislature as the official Missouri Arboretum. ESPN has carried the university's participation in five national championship football games, three of which they won.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas studied to become a priest at Conception Seminary College, before giving it up for law. The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration convent in neighboring Clyde has 550 relics of saints, the largest collection in the nation.

Located in Tornado Alley, many tornadoes have struck the county, including an F4 tornado on March 29, 1979, which obliterated the town of Braddyville, Iowa across the county line. Tornadoes have damaged two of the county's largest buildings, the Administration Building on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University and Conception Abbey. The 1881 Hopkins tornado is one of the first recorded F5 tornadoes.

Early life in the county was chronicled by writer Homer Croy, a Nodaway County native, in many books, articles, films and Broadway shows in the 1920s and 1930s.

Etymology
The origin of the name "Nodaway" has been attributed to a Pottawatomie name for "placid," a Dakota Sioux name for "crossed without canoe," and various tribes names for "snake."

Crime
Nodaway County was on the frontier in its earliest days and has a long history of violence.

The first execution in Nodaway County occurred in the county seat of Maryville on July 22, 1881. Two brothers, Albert P. and Charles E. Talbott, were hanged after being convicted of murdering their own father, Dr. Perry H. Talbott. Dr. Talbott, a local physician, newspaper editor, and state legislator, died on September 18, 1880, at his home northwest of Arkoe, a town he co-founded. He was found shot in his home and died of his injuries that evening, blaming his political enemies with his dying breath. Nevertheless, his sons were charged with the crime. Despite their insistence of innocence, the jury found them guilty and the judge sentenced them to death. Their tombstone in the family cemetery is a vertical column with two hands clasped in friendship. The inscription on the headstone reads: "We Died Inocent." [sic]

On December 9, 1884, Omaha Charley, whose real name was Joseph Paro, aka Charles F. Stephens, was the victim of a lynch mob. Six days earlier, he had shot Hubert Kremer in Hilgert's Saloon, in Maryville. Omaha Charley had been arrested, but others decided to take matters into their own hands. About 50 masked men broke into the jail and demanded Omaha Charley. The county sheriff, James Anderson, and his brother, Deputy Jack Anderson, fought the mob, firing shots and being fired upon in return. Ultimately, the mob overpowered the sheriff and his deputy, and dragged Omaha Charley from his cell. They carried Stephens to the bridge at Fourth and Water Streets, where they tied the rope to the bridge railing and threw him over the side. Sheriff Anderson found his prisoner there an hour later. This was not Omaha Charley's first crime, however. Five years earlier, he was convicted of 2nd degree murder in the death of John Mahan. He was sentenced to twelve years in prison. In January 1884, he was pardoned by Governor Thomas Crittenden and released, having served only four and a half years of his sentence.

One of the most notorious murders in Nodaway County was committed by Hezekiah "Hez" Rasco, a farmer's son, who was hanged on March 26, 1912, for the murder of Oda Hubbell. Rasco and Hubbell took part in an all-night poker game in a boxcar at the Barnard Depot. Hubbell returned to his family on the morning of November 20, 1910. The next day, Hubbell and his family were all found dead. Hubbell had been killed with a shotgun and his body dragged into the house. Mrs. Hubbell was beaten to death with the shotgun butt. After killing the children, the murderer set fire to the Hubbell home, which almost incinerated the children's corpses. Little more than half of the torso of Hubbell was found after a passing neighbor had extinguished the blaze. Hez Rasco was arrested and charged with the murder of Hubbell, his wife, and their children Welton, 4, and Jessie, 6. Rasco was tried and convicted only for Oda Hubbell's murder. Rasco maintained his innocence to his death. The murders were covered in the book Hezekiah Rasco: Child of Woe — Man of Sorrow.

Raymond Gunn, was arrested for the murder and attempted rape of a young white schoolteacher. He confessed his guilt. On January 12, 1931, a mob in Maryville took Gunn from the jail and marched him to the scene of the crime. They tied him to the school roof and set fire to the building, burning Gunn to death.

On the night of October 10, 1972, Benedict “Benny” Kemper, 15 years old, cut the telephone line to the Marion Merrigan family’s house that was situated west of Conception, sneaked into the basement and waited for the family to go to sleep. Once the family was asleep, Kemper went upstairs and went from bedroom to bedroom murdering four members: Marion, the father; Kathleen, the mother; William, his classmate and their son; and Helen Ann, their youngest daughter, using a .22 bolt-action rifle. The lone surviving family member, Sue Merrigan Dorrel, was a student at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville at the time. She is an aunt of former Northwest Missouri State University football coach Adam Dorrel. In 1973, Kemper was sentenced to four consecutive 45-year sentences for murder and an additional six years for an attempted jail escape.

On the night of August 4, 1973, Teresa "Tessie" Hilt, a student at Northwest Missouri State, was strangled and stabbed to death in her off-campus apartment in Maryville, and found the next day in her blood-soaked bed by friends. This crime has never been solved and is still considered an open/cold case by the Maryville Department of Public Safety.

On July 10, 1981, several unknown people killed Ken McElroy, in the middle of Skidmore, in what is one of the county's best-kept secrets. An abusive man suspected of many crimes and convicted of attempted murder, McElroy was shot in his truck in Skidmore's main street, in full view of a crowd. The different caliber bullets showed there had been several people involved. However, when questioned by the county sheriff, everyone insisted they had ducked under the pool table in the local bar and saw nothing. Sheriff Danny Estes remarked, "That must have been the biggest damn pool table in the world." A local and federal law enforcement task force was set up to investigate the crime, but they could not find anyone willing to step forward to discuss the crime. The book and movie In Broad Daylight are based on this event.

In 1990, BATF informant Christine Elkins disappeared. She was beaten to death by cousins Tony and Steven "Tug" Emery, joined by an unnamed associate. Elkins' body was wrapped in a carpet rug, thrown into the trunk of her car, and driven to the Missouri River. The Emerys used a board to hold the steering column in place and another piece to hold down the accelerator, and ran the car off a boat ramp near Nodaway. The car was found in 1997, with Elkins' bones in the trunk. Dental records identified the remains. Tony Emery was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole, and is currently incarcerated at United States Penitentiary (USP) in Terre Haute, Indiana. He appealed the conviction, which was affirmed in 1999. Tug Emery is incarcerated on charges related to the murder at Federal Correctional Institution in Sandstone, Minnesota and has a projected release date of June 21, 2016.

In the fall of 1994, a local farmer, William Taylor, murdered his wife Debra, by using the family's cat to lure her underneath a combine and causing the combine to roll over her. Taylor told authorities that he had killed the cat with a hammer and threw it under the combine, to lure his wife under the machine. Once she was under the combine attempting to retrieve the cat, he used twine to pull a lever on the combine, to cause it to roll over his wife when she tried to retrieve it. After he ran over her, he stated that he had moved the combine back from his wife's body, hid the twine and called 9-1-1, stating that there had been an accident at his farm south of Maryville. Taylor was convicted of murder and received a 25-year sentence.

In the spring of 1995, Dennis Lee Jones, of Maryville, assaulted and murdered Karen Hawkins, a student at Northwest Missouri State, and a friend of his since high school at Maryville. Jones sexually assaulted her, killed her by strangulation and stomping/kicking her, then dumped her body in the 102 River east of Maryville, near the Maryville City Dog Pound, where it was recovered days later downstream by the Missouri State Water Patrol (now part of the Missouri State Highway Patrol). Before Jones could go to trial, he hanged himself in the Nodaway County Jail.

On October 16, 2000, Greg N. Dragoo beat and dragged his girlfriend, Wendy Gillenwater, down several country roads outside of Skidmore, causing her to die. Gillenwater's body was found outside her Skidmore home. Dragoo was charged with murder and given a life sentence by a Nodaway County judge. Dragoo is currently incarcerated in the Jefferson City Correctional Center.

On April 11, 2001, Branson Perry was last seen in his home in the 300 block of West Oak Street in Skidmore, at around 3:00 p.m. He went outside to put some jumper cables in a shed. He never returned, and has never been heard from again. The Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Nodaway County Sheriff's Office still have an open/active case on this.

On June 10, 2002, 71-year-old Lloyd Robert Jeffress, of Kearney, wielding two semi-automatic rifles, opened fire in the hallways of the Conception Abbey, murdering two monks and wounding two others, before committing suicide in the chapel. The victims were identified as the Rev. Philip Schuster, 85, and Brother Damian Larson, 64. Schuster was a greeter at the monastery's front door; Larson worked as a weatherman/groundskeeper. The Rev. Kenneth Reichert, 68, an assistant to the abbot, was shot in the stomach and was in serious condition. The Rev. Norbert Schappler, 73, who was shot twice, was listed in stable condition. Schappler oversees the dining room and works as director at the printing house.

On December 16, 2004, Bobbie Jo Stinnett was murdered in her home in Skidmore, and had her unborn baby cut from her womb. Lisa Montgomery was located (along with the baby named Victoria Jo) due to computer forensic evidence, in Melvern, Kansas, where she was arrested by the FBI, a Maryville Public Safety Detective, and a detective from the Cameron Police Dept. Montgomery was convicted of Stinnett's murder and sentenced to death in 2007 by a Federal Court in the Western District of Missouri. Victoria Jo was re-united with her father Zeb. Montgomery was executed on January 13, 2021.

On January 11, 2006, a natural gas leak caused a house in Maryville to explode around 9pm that evening. Two of the three residents, 93 year old Lois Hall and her 69 year old son Carroll Hall, were killed in the explosion. The third resident, son and brother 49 year old Donald Hall, was seriously injured and found by rescue crews crawling out of the debris. He was flown to the University of Kansas hospital in Kansas City, Kansas.

On January 27, 2007, a catastrophic fire severely damaged the Carson apartment complex on the corner of 1st St and Buchanan St in downtown Maryville. The fire, which was started when food was left cooking unattended on a stove, claimed the lives of Brandon C. Kaut aged 22, and Derick A. Schafer aged 28. Another man, 21 year old Ibrahim Qaoud, was seriously injured as a result of the fire. He recovered at a Kansas City hospital.

On November 16, 2007, Erik B. Romig and Nicholas A. Rosencrans, both of Maryville, got into an altercation with Donald Ray Gardner Jr, also of Maryville, over $40 at a house on the east side of town. Gardner was taken from the house, beaten, then dragged to a field 1-2 blocks away, where he was left to die. Roming and Rosencrans were found guilty and both sentenced to seven years in prison for manslaughter.

On December 3, 2007, Jorge Saavedra Pere, of Saint Joseph, fatally shot his roommate, Jamie Zamudio-Hernandez, in the kitchen of the Mandarin Restaurant in Maryville, where they both worked, over a money dispute. Saavedra fled the scene in a stolen car and was found several days later by authorities near Mankato, Minnesota, on foot after the vehicle he stole ran out of gas. Saavedra was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in a Nodaway County court and sentenced to 12 years in a Missouri prison.

On October 29, 2011, three people were killed and four people were injured in a motor vehicle accident on Missouri Highway 246, half a mile east of Hopkins, when the driver over-corrected after losing control of his pick-up, causing it to flip over several times, then catch fire in a field. The victims were 21-year-old Joshua Bix and 22-year-old Benjamin McIntyre, both of Hopkins, Missouri, and 18-year-old Chrystal Olerich of Lake View, Iowa. All three were thrown from the pickup, and none were wearing seatbelts. The driver of the pickup, 22-year-old Scott R. Woods, of Hopkins, and three other victims, were tossed from the truck and seriously injured, but survived. Woods was sentenced on January 9, 2013, to 10 years in a Missouri prison for two felony counts of involuntary manslaughter and three charges of felony assault.

On September 13, 2012, Kevin Dell Mooney, 31, and Tony Overlin, 23, both of Bethany, ambushed Northwest Missouri State University student Tomarken Smith, 21, of Jennings, outside a local bar as Smith exited the establishment. Mooney and Overlin attacked and beat him, knocking him to the sidewalk. Smith fell, struck his head on the pavement, and was knocked unconscious, causing him to stop breathing. Maryville Public Safety Officers were on scene within seconds of the altercation and immediately began CPR, but were unable to revive him. Smith was pronounced dead at 2:21 a.m. Mooney and Overlin were picked up moments after the altercation by other Maryville Public Safety Officers and taken into custody, and booked into the Nodaway County Jail. They were both charged with second-degree murder and first-degree assault  On September 3, 2013, Mooney pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Atchison County Circuit Court for his role in the death. On September 4, 2013, in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, Overlin was sentenced to serve six years in prison by Judge Patrick Robb, after Overlin was found guilty of the Class C felony of involuntary manslaughter. On September 30, 2013, Mooney was sentenced to six years in prison. "Both Law Enforcement and Tomarken's family were involved from the very beginning and agreed the final outcome of this case was just and appropriate," said Robert Rice, Prosecuting Attorney of Nodaway County, Missouri. Tomarken's family and several law enforcement officials attended the court hearing.

On June 27, 2013, Steve Parsons, owner of Parsons Tires in Maryville and Stanberry, committed suicide in a Nodaway County Courthouse courtroom, using a cyanide capsule that he had purchased online several days before. Parsons secretly slid the capsule into his mouth, after hearing he would be sent to prison for seven years for being guilty of the statutory sodomy of a 14-year-old girl, who was his babysitter. Parsons had a seizure in court and was transported by EMS to Heartland Regional Hospital ER in Saint Joseph. While en route, Parsons went into cardiac arrest, and was pronounced dead by the local coroner upon arrival.

On September 6, 2013, Matthew Rouch, 57, of Maryville, an instructor of Mass Media at Northwest Missouri State University, was arrested after staff from the Mass Media Department notified University Police of a Facebook post, where Mr. Rouch threatened, “By October, I’ll be wanting to get up to the top of the bell tower with a high-powered rifle, with a good scope and probably a gatling gun as well." University Police and the Nodaway County Sheriff's Department determined the comment was made in jest, but discovered a sophisticated marijuana growing operation in the process of searching Mr. Rouch’s house, after Rouch made a statement that there "was a bomb in a brief case at his house." Rouch was charged with one count of felony production of a controlled substance, and one count of felony possession of a controlled substance. The university placed Rouch on administrative leave, pending the outcome of an internal investigation. Other professors will assume Rouch’s teaching duties in the interim. Rouch appeared in Nodaway County Circuit Court for his initial arraignment October 8, 2013. He will return to court November 12, 2013. However, the warrant was ultimately declared illegal when it was found that Clarence Green, the campus Chief of Police, had withheld critical information and that there was no probable cause. Although that decision was appealed, a three judge appeals court unanimously ruled in Rouch's favor, and the charges were dismissed.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 878 sqmi, of which 877 sqmi is land and 0.9 sqmi (0.1%) is water. It is the fifth-largest county in Missouri by area. Iowa forms the northern border of Nodaway County.

Adjacent counties

 * Page County, Iowa (northwest)
 * Taylor County, Iowa (north)
 * Worth County (northeast)
 * Gentry County (southeast)
 * Andrew County (south)
 * Holt County (southwest)
 * Atchison County (west)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 21,912 people, 8,138 households, and 4,817 families residing in the county. The population density was 25 /mi2. There were 8,909 housing units at an average density of 10 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 96.58% White, 1.35% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.87% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races. Approximately 0.71% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 8,138 households, out of which 27.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.00% were married couples living together, 6.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.80% were non-families. 30.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 19.40% under the age of 18, 25.10% from 18 to 24, 23.10% from 25 to 44, 18.60% from 45 to 64, and 13.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 99.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,781, and the median income for a family was $42,203. Males had a median income of $28,388 versus $21,267 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,384. About 8.30% of families and 16.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.20% of those under age 18 and 13.30% of those age 65 or over.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 71.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 71
 * [[Image:US 136.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 136
 * [[Image:MO-46.svg|20px]] Route 46
 * [[Image:MO-113.svg|20px]] Route 113
 * [[Image:MO-148.svg|20px]] Route 148
 * [[Image:MO-246.svg|20px]] Route 246

Transit

 * Jefferson Lines

Airport
Nodaway County is served by Northwest Missouri Regional Airport in Maryville, which is a general aviation airport with no commercial service.

Public schools

 * Jefferson C-123 School District – Conception Junction
 * Jefferson Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Jefferson High School (07-12)
 * Maryville R-II School District – Maryville
 * Maryville Early Childhood Center (PK)
 * Eugene Field Elementary School (K-04)
 * Maryville Middle School (05-08)
 * Maryville High School (09-12)
 * Nodaway-Holt R-VII School District – Graham
 * Nodaway-Holt Elementary School (K-06)
 * Nodaway-Holt Junior/Senior High School (07-12)
 * North Nodaway County R-VI School District – Hopkins
 * North Nodaway County Elementary School (PK-05)
 * North Nodaway County Junior/Senior High School (06-12)
 * Northeast Nodaway County R-V School District – Ravenwood
 * Parnell Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Northeast Nodaway County High School (07-12)
 * South Nodaway County R-IV School District – Barnard
 * South Nodaway County Elementary School (PK-06)
 * South Nodaway County High School (07-12)
 * West Nodaway County R-I School District – Burlington Junction
 * West Nodaway County Elementary School (PK-06)
 * West Nodaway County High School (07-12)

Private schools

 * St. Gregory Barbarigo School – Maryville (K-09) – Catholic

Post-secondary

 * Northwest Missouri State University – Maryville – A public, four-year university.

Public libraries

 * Maryville Public Library

Points of interest

 * Missouri State Arboretum
 * Mozingo Lake
 * Conception Abbey
 * Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
 * Maryville Treatment Center
 * Nodaway County Historical Society Museum

Media
The four licensed broadcast stations originating in the county broadcast from Maryville:
 * KNIM - 1580 - AM
 * KVVL - 97.1 - FM
 * KXCV - 90.5 - FM
 * KZLX-FM - 106.7 - FM

Cities

 * Barnard
 * Burlington Junction
 * Clearmont
 * Conception Junction
 * Elmo
 * Graham
 * Hopkins
 * Maryville (county seat)
 * Parnell
 * Pickering
 * Ravenwood
 * Skidmore

Villages

 * Arkoe
 * Clyde
 * Guilford

Census-designated place

 * Conception

Other unincorporated places

 * Allison
 * Bedison
 * Bell Grove
 * Dawsonville
 * Gaynor
 * Orrsburg
 * Possum Walk
 * Pumpkin Center
 * Quitman
 * Roseberry
 * Whitecloud
 * Wilcox

Notable residents

 * Sarah Caldwell (1924-2006) - Boston was an American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director.
 * Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) - author of How to Win Friends and Influence People
 * Charles J. Colden (1870-1938) - U.S. Representative
 * Homer Croy (1883-1965) - author and screenwriter who wrote about life in Maryville
 * Albert David (1902-1945) - Medal of Honor winner for capture of GS U-505 during World War II
 * Forrest C. Donnell (1884–1980) - native of Quitman; Republican Governor from 1941 to 1945 and U.S. Senator from 1945 to 1951
 * Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) - President of the United States; was never a true county resident, but he owned a farm south of Graham
 * Ben A. Jones (1882-1961) and his son Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones (1906-2001) had a farm near Parnell and retired there. During their tenure at Calumet Farm, they trained six Kentucky Derby and two Triple Crown winners. Extensive memorabilia from the racing days are in the Nodaway County Historical Society Museum.
 * Henry L. Jost (1873–1950) - Mayor of Kansas City, who arrived in Hopkins aboard an orphan train
 * Edward H. Moore (1871-1950) - U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
 * Albert P. Morehouse (1835–1891) - Maryville resident who succeeded to Governor from 1887 to 1889
 * Harley Race (1943-2019) - professional wrestler
 * Marcus Morton Rhoades (1903-1991) - cytogeneticist
 * Grant Wallace (1867-1954) - writer of the occult
 * Jerry Wallace (1928-2008) - pop-country singer and actor

Local
The Republican Party is predominate at the local level in Nodaway County. Republicans hold all but two of the elected positions in the county.

State
All of Nodaway County is a part of Missouri’s 1st District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is represented by Allen Andrews (R-Grant City).

All of Nodaway County is a part of Missouri’s 12th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby).

Federal
All of Nodaway County is included in Missouri’s 6th Congressional District and is currently represented by Sam Graves (R-Tarkio) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

title: Nodaway County, Missouri


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Newton County, Missouri

Newton County is a county located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,648. Its county seat is Neosho. The county was organized in 1838 and is named in honor of John Newton, a hero who fought in the Revolutionary War.

Newton County is part of the Joplin, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 627 sqmi, of which 625 sqmi is land and 1.8 sqmi (0.3%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Jasper County (north)
 * Lawrence County (northeast)
 * Barry County (southeast)
 * McDonald County (south)
 * Ottawa County, Oklahoma (west)
 * Cherokee County, Kansas (northwest)

Rivers and creeks
Total river area: 361 acre; length: 70 mi

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-44 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 44
 * [[Image:I-49 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 49
 * [[Image:US 60.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 60
 * [[Image:US 71.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 71
 * [[Image:MO-43.svg|20px]] Route 43
 * [[Image:MO-59.svg|20px]] Route 59
 * [[Image:MO-86.svg|20px]] Route 86
 * [[Image:MO-175.svg|20px]] Route 175

Transit

 * Jefferson Lines

National protected area

 * George Washington Carver National Monument

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 52,636 people, 20,140 households, and 14,742 families residing in the county. The population density was 84 /mi2. There were 21,897 housing units at an average density of 35 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 93.26% White, 0.59% Black or African American, 2.23% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.28% Pacific Islander, 1.12% from other races, and 2.20% from two or more races. 2.18% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 20,140 households, out of which 33.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.50% were married couples living together, 8.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.80% were non-families. 22.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.30% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 27.10% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,041, and the median income for a family was $40,616. Males had a median income of $30,057 versus $21,380 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,502. About 8.10% of families and 11.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.20% of those under age 18 and 9.50% of those age 65 or over.

Public schools

 * East Newton County R-VI School District – Granby
 * Granby Elementary School (K–04)
 * Triway Elementary School (K–04) – Stella
 * Granby Junior High School (05–08)
 * Triway Junior High School (05–08)
 * East Newton County High School (09–12)
 * Diamond R-IV School District – Diamond
 * Diamond Elementary School (PK–04)
 * Diamond Middle School (05–08)
 * Diamond High School (09–12)
 * Neosho R-V School District – Neosho
 * Field Early Childhood Center (PK)
 * Benton Elementary School (K–04)
 * Central Elementary School (K–04)
 * George Washington Carver Elementary School (K–04)
 * Goodman Elementary School (K–04)
 * South Elementary School (K–04)
 * Westview Elementary School (K–07)
 * Neosho Middle School (05–07)
 * Neosho Junior High School (08)
 * Neosho High School (09–12)
 * Central Campus Alternative High School (09-12)
 * Seneca R-VII School District – Seneca
 * Seneca Elementary School (PK–05)
 * Iva E. Wells Middle School (06–08)
 * Seneca High School (09–12)

Private schools

 * Neosho (K–12) – Churches of Christ
 * Neosho (PK–12) – Pentecostal Ozark Christian Academy
 * Racine Apostolic Christian School – Racine (PK–12) – Pentecostal
 * Trinity Learning Center [Neosho, Missouri] (K-12) [Protestant]

Post-secondary

 * Crowder College – Neosho. A two-year junior college.

Public libraries

 * Neosho/Newton County Library

Cities

 * Diamond
 * Fairview
 * Granby
 * Joplin (mostly in Jasper County)
 * Neosho (county seat)
 * Seneca

Villages

 * Cliff Village
 * Dennis Acres
 * Grand Falls Plaza
 * Leawood
 * Loma Linda
 * Newtonia
 * Redings Mill
 * Ritchey
 * Saginaw
 * Shoal Creek Drive
 * Shoal Creek Estates
 * Silver Creek
 * Stark City
 * Stella
 * Wentworth

Unincorporated communities

 * Aroma
 * Belfast
 * Berwick
 * Boulder City
 * Christopher
 * Gregg
 * Hornet
 * Jolly
 * June
 * McElhany
 * Monark Springs
 * Pepsin
 * Racine
 * Spring City
 * Spurgeon
 * Sweetwater
 * Talmage City
 * Tipton Ford
 * Wanda

Townships

 * Benton
 * Berwick
 * Buffalo
 * Dayton
 * Five Mile
 * Franklin
 * Granby
 * Marion
 * Neosho
 * Newtonia
 * Seneca
 * Shoal Creek
 * Van Buren
 * West Benton

Local
The Republican Party completely controls politics at the local level in Newton County. Republicans hold every elected position in the county.

State
Newton County is divided into four districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which are held by Republicans.

 * District 159 — Bill Lant (R) Pineville) Consists of the communities of Fairview, Newtonia, Racine, Ritchey, Seneca, Stark City, and Stella.

 * District 160 — Bill Reiboldt (R-Neosho). Consists of the communities of Diamond, Granby, Loma Linda, Neosho, Wentworth, and part of Silver Creek.

 * District 161 — Bill White (R-Joplin). Consists of the communities of Leawood, Redings Mill, and parts of Joplin and Silver Creek.

 * District 162 — Charlie Davis (R-Webb City). Consists of a small part of the southeastern section of Joplin.

All of Newton County is a part of Missouri's 32nd District in the Missouri Senate and is represented by Ron Richard (R-Joplin).

Federal
All of Newton County is included in Missouri's 7th Congressional District and is represented by Eric Burlison(Republican) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Talk:Osterley

Untitled
The cited boundaries also place the Sultan's "The Aviary" outside the so called Osterley area along with the Osterley Park House and they need to be re-thought.

According to the London Borough of Hounslow UDP map, Osterley Park House ..and most of the Park falls within the Osterley boundary..within the LBH.

The Sultan of Brunei's property and surrounding land (lake and weir etc) adjoins Osterley Park..but it actually lies within the London Borough of Ealing..in Windmill Lane.

Regarding the posting below. Osterley Tube Station is currently situated within Osterley...but not within the Osterley Park Conservation Area. The old station,located in Thornbury Road..and once called Spring Grove Station..is as stated..a Bookshop. Before that it was a greengrocers..in the 1970s

As for Osterley Tube being outside the quoted area why not mention that the station one was on Thornbury Road - the old booking hall is now a book shop DOuG

Isleworth
Is Osterley a part of Isleworth? If so, should this be made clear? —Preceding unsigned comment added by James Richardson (talk • contribs) 01:10, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Affluent?
Because of the Sultan's property? The place has the M4 intersecting and is on the flight path. Property prices there per sqm are no different to Brenford or Isleworth and both those two have more Victorian grade 2 listed buildings. Reaper7 (talk) 12:29, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

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Talk:Paddington

Photos
Photos were requested and have been added. - The Blackfriar 13:11, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Associated people
Having spent some time rationalising the presentation of this useful section, I came to the conclusion that it needs some ruthless pruning, of which I give prior notice. For instance, while it's relevant to outline the achievements of the celebrities, there's no need to list an actor's plays or films--which are properly accessible via his/her wikilink. Since the whole article is about Paddington, I've already pruned out a lot of unnecessary reiterations of the place name. I think the section can be made better and more relevant by more editing. I would welcome any comments. Incidentally, I spent most of my childhood in Paddington, so know my way around it. Cheers Bjenks (talk) 15:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * In the WP:MoS it asks that such sections be restricted to the most notable, and that they be referenced - otherwise the list grows long and is unverifiable. You might want to check How to write about settlements for suitable advice on formats. For these sections, it certainly asks for notes on the notable residents to be presented as unbroken prose (ie not a list) - and there certainly should not be any unnecessary enboldening of name's, etc. - maybe present a para on each period (eg Victorian, modern, etc). Any such section should concentrate on their association with the area, as longer details of their careers will be under their respective articles.
 * It should also be noted that 'Paddington' has never been a London Borough, being formerly the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington - an entity having a different legal meaning. The section on the locality is way too short for an article on the place - and should be extended. HTH Kbthompson (talk) 16:10, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Map problem
The thumbnail map shows the location of Paddington. When I click on the thumbnail for the full image, the Paddington marker disappears. Defeats the purpose, don't you know. A map that locates the subject should be one of the most important elements of the article.

MarkinBoston (talk) 19:45, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Economy
I have deleted the purported 'Economy' section, because it was merely the beginning of a potentially interminable list of businesses with an office in Paddington. The editors who inserted company names made no effort to establish notability, relate the businesses to any significance in terms of economy, or even say what the companies did. Anyway, Wikipedia is not a directory. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 04:11, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Central or West London
Is Paddington (and every over district located west of the Inner Ring Road but still within Zone 1) classified as Central London or West London? Justgravy (talk) 17:19, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
 * The City of Westminster identifies Paddington Station as "within central London". On the other hand, the W postcode area reportedly covers "part of central and part of west London". Is there any need to pigeonhole the whole area one way or the other? Bjenks (talk) 04:51, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * It would be nice to have some kind of boundary yes. For example, Wikipedia goes with the notion that if an area is in a London Borough then it is in London rather than Postcodes, M25, 020 etc. It might be nice to have something for Central London. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justgravy (talk • contribs) 23:11, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, you could try looking for a definitive official citation. It's certainly not for WP to publish an original view on this matter. Bjenks (talk) 05:13, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Changed Railways section to Landmarks and Transport
Felt the 'Railways' section was beginning to dominate and when content began to specifically go into depth into one route to Ireland (with omitting that of the rival company Irish Ferries) it seemed to be going over the top. The destination list actually missed the Cheltenham/Gloucester/Newport/Worcester and again was beginning to get over the top. The details can really be left to the London Paddington station article anyway.

It is now appropriate the Elizabeth line crossrail project should be mentioned so that has been done.

I've changed the section to two section to comply with WP:CITIES section naming, and split out the architecture and transport elements of Paddington Railway section to the Landmarks and Transport sections, which has given some leeway to add a mention of TfL to the transport section.

The result needs improvement, but I'd hope it is in a better position to grow, particularly the landmarks section.

I have some concerns on the overlap and linking of this article and the Paddington Waterside article, but that is a different section.

Djm-leighpark (talk) 13:25, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Paddington Waterside Article
Am I right or alone in feeling if there seems to be some over domination of the Paddington Waterside article over the Paddington Article? A lot of stuff I'd expect to see under the Paddington article is actually under Paddington Waterside, but somehow I didn't fell well led across. I'm really unsure of what to suggest ... but is some form of merge required? Djm-leighpark (talk) 13:31, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

OK I see a number of sub areas within Paddington have their own articles. Paddington Waterside, Paddington Basin, Little Venice, and Paddington Green. I've used the about disambiguation template to refer to these as a quick win. Under WP:UKCITIES this 'should' be part of a 'Geography' Section but pragmatically as an interim measure I may (or may not) treat some of these area's as landmarks as a useful interim step. Djm-leighpark (talk) 03:50, 1 October 2017 (UTC) Djm-leighpark (talk) 03:51, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

For better of worse I've worked over the article, for the most part using the landmarks section to link to sub area articles. I've generally left most existing content as, and added a small amount of low level detail and citations. In general it's been more about links. The result is imperfect but I hope the edits give a better overview of the Padding district. My thoughts on future development would be: - Create a Paddington Central Article. - Move some details from the Paddington Waterside article into the Paddington Basin and Paddington Central Article .. ( and St. Mary's Hospital? ).. Ensure the Waterside Article focuses on the Developments and the organisation and management (possible rename or redirect?) - Finally ban all pictures with a trains ... or at least where the train itself has over prominence .... pet hate of mine. i.e. Paddington station good ... focus on trains in Paddington station bad.

Feel free to improve stuff I've just done. It's about 20 years since I was in Paddington so there's better out there than I to look at it. Djm-leighpark (talk) 03:50, 1 October 2017 (UTC) Djm-leighpark (talk) 21:42, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

 * Well and good--thanks for the time and thought you've put in. Prior to copyediting this long article, I've studied a printout and found there are a few problems. Quite a few typos, duplications, inconsistencies, etc, mostly being the inevitable result of piecemeal editing, special-interest contributions, etc. I believe the article must now be professionally reworked as a whole, and I will take this on, initiating discussion and hoping for some critical cooperation. Bjenks (talk) 00:37, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks ... I think this article (and perhaps some closed associated ones) are in need of a good work over. Particular apologies for typos ,duplication.  Hopefully between all that there was some useful stuff.  Good Luck! Djm-leighpark (talk) 02:03, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Welsh/Nonconformist influence
Should there not be a mention in the history section about how it used to be a Welsh/nonconformist area (because it's next to Paddington Station, where the Welsh get off the train to London). There were, I think, a number of famous nonconformist chapels around Praed Street and nearby Westbourne Park, and some of the buildings are still there.Paulturtle (talk) 01:13, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Undue weight on Transport
@: I have a concern has put too much WP:UNDUE weight on transport in this settlement article. It also has a WP:CFORK with some information that is better described in Paddington Basin or have there own article such as The Rolling Bridge. I'll simply make this comment and probably not try to fix but I think I'd like input from others.Djm-leighpark (talk) 00:55, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Is Paddington in the West End?
Though the definition of London's West End has no strict borders, it is debatable whether the area of Paddington sits within the West End of London. The opening paragraph of the Paddington article states that the area is located within the West End, though no sources are cited. Moreover, there is no other mention of the West End within the Paddington article other than that opening paragraph, nor is there any mention of Paddington in the West End article.

Further external research will show that many sources draw the western border of the West End area in Central London at Edgware Road. Citing the West End article itself:
 * According to Ed Glinert's West End Chronicles (2006) the districts falling within the West End are Mayfair, Soho, Covent Garden, Fitzrovia and Marylebone. By this definition, the West End borders Temple, Holborn and Bloomsbury to the east, Regent's Park to the north, Paddington, Hyde Park and Knightsbridge to the west, and Victoria and Westminster to the south. Other definitions include Bloomsbury within the West End.

In conclusion; the paragraph should be edited and the statement 'located in the West End of London.' should be removed from the Paddington article.El_Maniac(talk) 12:03, 3 July 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by El Maniac (talk • contribs)

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New Madrid County, Missouri

New Madrid County (Condado de Nueva Madrid; Comté de New Madrid) is a county located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,434. The largest city is Portageville and county seat is New Madrid, located on the northern side of the Kentucky Bend in the Mississippi River, where it has formed an oxbow around an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky. This feature has also been known as New Madrid Bend or Madrid Bend, for the city.

The county was officially organized on October 1, 1812, encompassing most of present-day Arkansas. Named after Nuevo Madrid, a district located in the region, the area was under Spanish rule following France's cession of Louisiana after being defeated in the Seven Years' War. The Spanish named the district after Madrid, the capital of Spain.

The county includes a large part of the New Madrid Fault that produced the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. This zone remains geologically active, and had continued to produce smaller earthquakes with some frequency.

History
French Canadians from New France landed in this area in 1781 and established the first European settlement in the present county at New Madrid along the Mississippi River. France had ceded this area to Spain following its loss in the Seven Years' War. The Spanish governor, Bernardo de Gálvez, appointed American colonel William Morgan, a Revolutionary War veteran from New Jersey, as empresario to recruit new settlers for the area. Morgan attracted about 2,000 settlers before Spain returned this territory to France in the late 18th century. They settled mostly in the area of what is now the city of New Madrid, Missouri. After failing to regain control of its colony of Saint-Domingue, where a slave rebellion had been raging, France gave up on North America, selling its large territory west of the Mississippi River in 1803 to the United States under the Louisiana Purchase.

New Madrid County was organized on October 1, 1812, as an act of the First General Assembly of the Missouri Territory. In the floodplain of the Mississippi, this area was long cultivated by planters using enslaved African Americans for cotton production.

A series of more than 1,000 earthquakes struck the area in 1811 and 1812. The New Madrid earthquakes were the strongest non-subduction zone earthquake in the United States. A request dated January 13, 1814, by the Territorial Governor William Clark, asked for federal relief for the "inhabitants of New Madrid County."

The county had its peak of population in 1940, according to US census records, as shown in the table. Many residents left the rural county from 1950 to 1970, seeking better work opportunities in the North and Midwest. County population has continued to decline. In 2017 the county was featured in an episode of Madrid de sol a sol, a show from Spanish public channel Telemadrid exploring locations named "Madrid".

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 697 sqmi, of which 675 sqmi is land and 22 sqmi (3.1%) is water.

The county is located on the Kentucky Bend of the Mississippi River, which forms a border of the county. This feature is also known as New Madrid Bend or Madrid Bend. This oxbow flows around an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky. Scientists expect that eventually the river will cut a new channel across the narrow neck of the peninsula, which will gradually be attached by infill land to Missouri.

Adjacent counties

 * Scott County (north)
 * Mississippi County (northeast)
 * Fulton County, Kentucky (south and east across the Mississippi river)
 * Lake County, Tennessee (south across the river)
 * Pemiscot County (south)
 * Dunklin County (southwest)
 * Stoddard County (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-55 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 55
 * [[Image:I-57 (Future).svg|20px]] Future Interstate 57
 * [[Image:US 60.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 60
 * [[Image:US 61.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 61
 * [[Image:US 62.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 62
 * [[Image:MO-153.svg|20px]] Route 153
 * [[Image:MO-162.svg|20px]] Route 162

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 19,760 people, 7,824 households, and 5,508 families residing in the county. The population density was 29 /mi2. There were 8,600 housing units at an average density of 13 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 83.21% White, 15.36% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. Approximately 0.93% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Among the major first ancestries reported in New Madrid County were 32.4% American, 10.3% Irish, 8.8% English, and 8.7% German ancestry.

There were 7,824 households, out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.00% were married couples living together, 14.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.60% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.40% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 92.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,758, and the median income for a family was $39,411. Males had a median income of $28,408 versus $19,186 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,227. About 18.60% of families and 22.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.40% of those under age 18 and 19.20% of those age 65 or over.

Religion
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2000), New Madrid County is a part of the Bible Belt as evangelical Protestantism is the majority religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in New Madrid County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (62.86%), Roman Catholics (8.80%), and Methodists (7.36%).

Education
Of adults 25 years of age and older in New Madrid County, 63.6% possess a high school diploma or higher while 9.6% hold a bachelor's degree or higher as their highest educational attainment.

Public schools

 * Gideon School District 37 - Gideon
 * Gideon Elementary School (K-6)
 * Gideon High School (7-12)
 * New Madrid County Central R-I School District - New Madrid
 * Lilbourn Elementary School (PK-5) - Lilbourn
 * Matthews Elementary School (PK-5) - Matthews
 * New Madrid County Central Elementary School (PK-5)
 * New Madrid County Central Middle School (6-08)
 * New Madrid County Central High School (9-12)
 * Portageville School District - Portageville
 * Portageville Elementary School (PK-5)
 * Portageville Middle School (6-8)
 * Portageville High School (9-12)
 * Risco R-II School District - Risco
 * Risco Elementary School (K-6)
 * Risco High School (7-12)

Private schools

 * St. Eustachius Elementary School - Portageville - (PK-8) - Roman Catholic
 * Immaculate Conception School - New Madrid - (PK-8) - Roman Catholic

Alternative/vocational schools

 * New Madrid Bend Youth Center - New Madrid - (6-12) - Alternative
 * New Madrid R-I Technical Skills Center - New Madrid - (9-12) - Vocational/Technical

Public libraries

 * Lilbourn Memorial Library
 * New Madrid County Library

Cities and Towns

 * Canalou
 * Catron
 * Gideon
 * Howardville
 * Lilbourn
 * Marston
 * Matthews
 * Morehouse
 * New Madrid (county seat)
 * North Lilbourn
 * Parma
 * Portageville (partly in Pemiscot County)
 * Risco
 * Sikeston (mostly in Scott County)
 * Tallapoosa

Unincorporated Communities

 * Bayouville
 * Big Ridge
 * Boekerton
 * Broadwater
 * Como
 * Conran
 * Dodds
 * Farrenburg
 * Hartzell
 * Hurricane Ridge
 * Kewanee
 * La Forge
 * Lorwood
 * Noxall
 * Point Pleasant
 * Ristine

Local
The Democratic Party formerly almost completely controlled politics at the local level in New Madrid County. Democrats and Republicans now almost evenly split all elected positions in the county.

State
New Madrid County is wholly encompassed by the 149th Missouri House of Representatives district and is currently represented by Republican Don Rone of Portageville.

In the Missouri Senate, all of New Madrid County is a part of Missouri's 25th District and is currently represented by Republican Jason Bean of Poplar Bluff.

Federal
New Madrid County is included in Missouri's 8th Congressional District and is currently represented by Jason T. Smith (R-Salem) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith won a special election on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to finish out the remaining term of U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R-Cape Girardeau). Emerson announced her resignation a month after being reelected with over 70 percent of the vote in the district. She resigned to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative.

New Madrid County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the U.S. Senate by Josh Hawley (R-Columbia) and Roy Blunt (R-Strafford).

Blunt was elected to a second term in 2016 over then-Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.

Political culture
At the presidential level, New Madrid County, lying in the Missouri Bootheel (one of the regions of Missouri most closely associated with the American South), was powerfully Democratic from shortly after the Civil War through 2000; from 1868 through 2000, it voted Republican only in Harding's, Hoover's, Nixon's, and Reagan's national landslides in 1920, 1928, 1972, and 1984, respectively. However, after the county switched from Gore to Bush in 2004, it has become a Republican stronghold, having, as of 2020, voted Republican five elections in a row, with the Republican vote share increasing in every election. In 2020, Trump exceeded three-quarters of the vote in the county.

Voters in New Madrid County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles but are more moderate or populist on economic issues, typical of the Dixiecrat philosophy. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman. New Madrid County passed it with 83.82 percent of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent support as Missouri became the first state to ban same-sex marriage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state—it failed in New Madrid County with 56.09 percent voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51 percent of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve embryonic stem cell research.

Despite New Madrid County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county support such populist causes as increasing the minimum wage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed New Madrid County with 75.66 percent of the vote. The proposition was strongly in every county in Missouri, with 78.99 percent voting in favor. During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
In the 2008 presidential primary, voters in New Madrid County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally. Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 1,801, than any candidate from either party in New Madrid County during the 2008 presidential primary. She also received more votes than the total number of votes cast in the entire Republican Primary in New Madrid County.

title: New Madrid County, Missouri


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