New Madrid County, Missouri
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Congressional district | 8th |
New Madrid County (
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.[3]
The county includes a large part of the
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.[4] 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.[5] 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-
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".[6]
Geography
According to the
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
- Interstate 55
- Future Interstate 57
- U.S. Route 60
- U.S. Route 61
- U.S. Route 62
- Route 153
- Route 162
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1820 | 2,296 | — | |
1830 | 2,350 | 2.4% | |
1840 | 4,554 | 93.8% | |
1850 | 5,541 | 21.7% | |
1860 | 5,654 | 2.0% | |
1870 | 6,357 | 12.4% | |
1880 | 7,694 | 21.0% | |
1890 | 9,317 | 21.1% | |
1900 | 11,280 | 21.1% | |
1910 | 19,488 | 72.8% | |
1920 | 25,180 | 29.2% | |
1930 | 30,262 | 20.2% | |
1940 | 39,787 | 31.5% | |
1950 | 39,444 | −0.9% | |
1960 | 31,350 | −20.5% | |
1970 | 23,420 | −25.3% | |
1980 | 22,945 | −2.0% | |
1990 | 20,928 | −8.8% | |
2000 | 19,760 | −5.6% | |
2010 | 18,956 | −4.1% | |
2020 | 16,434 | −13.3% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1790-1960[9] 1900-1990[10] 1990-2000[11] 2010-2015[12] |
As of the census
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%).
2020 Census
Race | Num. | Perc. |
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White (NH)
|
12,610 | 76.73% |
Black or African American (NH)
|
2,731 | 16.62% |
Native American (NH)
|
25 | 0.15% |
Asian (NH)
|
62 | 0.37% |
Pacific Islander (NH)
|
1 | 0.06% |
Other/Mixed (NH)
|
752 | 4.57% |
Latino
|
253 | 1.54% |
Education
Of adults 25 years of age and older in New Madrid County, 63.6% possess a
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
- 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
Communities
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
Politics
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.[18]
New Madrid County, Missouri | |||
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Elected countywide officials | |||
Assessor | Jacob E. Johnson | Democratic | |
Circuit Clerk | Shannon Landers | Republican | |
County Clerk | Amy Brown | Republican | |
Collector | Dewayne Nowlin | Republican | |
Commissioner (Presiding) | Mark Baker | Republican | |
Commissioner (District 1) | Bobby Aycock Jr. | Democratic | |
Commissioner (District 2) | Michael Kellams | Republican | |
Coroner | George A. DeLisle | Democratic | |
Prosecuting Attorney | Andrew Lawson | Republican | |
Public Administrator | Paula Scobey | Democratic | |
Recorder | Kim St. Mary Hall | Democratic | |
Sheriff | Bud Cooper | Republican | |
Surveyor | Charles Ice | Democratic | |
Treasurer | Steve Riley | Democratic |
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.[19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Don Rone | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Don Rone | 4,083 | 71.57% | ||
Democratic | William D. "Bill" Burlison | 1,468 | 25.73% | ||
Independent
|
Jacqueline T. "Jackie" McGee | 154 | 2.70% |
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.[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jason Bean | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Doug Libla | 6,952 | 58.65% | ||
Democratic | William D. "Bill" Burlison | 3,195 | 41.35% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Rob Mayer | 4,217 | 54.53 | ||
Democratic | M. Shane Stoelting | 3,517 | 45.47 |
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties
|
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2020
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74.39% 5,338 | 24.01% 1,723 | 1.80% 115 |
2016
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60.29% 4,392 | 37.80% 2,754 | 1.91% 139 |
2012
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44.64% 2,732 | 59.70% 4,270 | 1.49% 120 |
2008
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38.19% 3,574 | 53.87% 4,313 | 2.11% 151 |
2004
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47.57% 3,737 | 51.38% 4,036 | 1.05% 82 |
2000 | 41.28% 2,978 | 57.50% 4,148 | 1.22% 88 |
1996 | 28.14% 2,106 | 70.43% 5,270 | 1.43% 107 |
1992 | 38.99% 3,087 | 61.01% 4,830 | 0.00% 0 |
1988 | 50.94% 3,594 | 48.89% 3,449 | 0.17% 12 |
1984 | 50.34% 3,979 | 49.66% 3,926 | 0.00% 0 |
1980 | 38.82% 3,176 | 61.14% 5,002 | 0.04% 3 |
1976 | 37.75% 2,951 | 62.20% 4,863 | 0.05% 4 |
Federal
New Madrid County is included in
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jason Smith | 5,326 | 75.13% | ||
Democratic | Kathy Ellis | 1,676 | 23.64% | ||
Libertarian | Tom Schmitz | 87 | 1.23% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jason Smith | 4,093 | 72.09% | ||
Democratic | Kathy Ellis | 1,520 | 26.77% | ||
Libertarian | Jonathan L. Shell | 65 | 1.14% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Steve Hodges | 1,008 | 51.85 | ||
Republican | Jason T. Smith | 891 | 45.83 | ||
Constitution | Doug Enyart | 25 | 1.29 | ||
Libertarian | Bill Slantz | 20 | 1.03 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jo Ann Emerson | 4,888 | 68.30 | +6.53 | |
Democratic | Jack Rushin | 2,133 | 29.80 | -4.78 | |
Libertarian | Rick Vandeven | 136 | 1.90 | +0.39 |
New Madrid County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the
).Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Josh Hawley | 3,967 | 69.09% | ||
Democratic | Claire McCaskill | 1,663 | 28.96% | ||
Libertarian | Japheth Campbell | 44 | 0.77% | ||
Independent
|
Craig O'Dear | 48 | 0.84% | ||
Green
|
Jo Crain | 20 | 0.35% |
Blunt was elected to a second term in 2016 over then-Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Roy Blunt | 4,157 | 57.31% | ||
Democratic | Jason Kander | 2,844 | 39.21% | ||
Libertarian | Jonathan Dine | 115 | 1.59% | ||
Green
|
Johnathan McFarland | 84 | 1.14% | ||
Constitution | Fred Ryman | 54 | 0.74% |
Political culture
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 5,447 | 75.13% | 1,748 | 24.11% | 55 | 0.76% |
2016 | 5,270 | 71.63% | 1,933 | 26.27% | 154 | 2.09% |
2012 | 4,284 | 59.09% | 2,814 | 38.81% | 152 | 2.10% |
2008 | 4,593 | 56.76% | 3,370 | 41.65% | 129 | 1.59% |
2004 | 4,154 | 52.54% | 3,716 | 47.00% | 37 | 0.47% |
2000 | 3,416 | 47.01% | 3,738 | 51.45% | 112 | 1.54% |
1996 | 2,417 | 31.93% | 4,451 | 58.80% | 702 | 9.27% |
1992 | 2,431 | 29.33% | 4,883 | 58.91% | 975 | 11.76% |
1988 | 3,387 | 46.99% | 3,812 | 52.89% | 9 | 0.12% |
1984 | 4,323 | 53.38% | 3,776 | 46.62% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 4,041 | 48.70% | 4,171 | 50.27% | 86 | 1.04% |
1976 | 2,798 | 34.39% | 5,319 | 65.38% | 19 | 0.23% |
1972 | 4,735 | 57.50% | 3,500 | 42.50% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 2,317 | 24.40% | 4,195 | 44.18% | 2,984 | 31.42% |
1964 | 2,583 | 25.84% | 7,415 | 74.16% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 4,205 | 36.32% | 7,373 | 63.68% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 3,552 | 29.67% | 8,419 | 70.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 3,809 | 30.89% | 8,504 | 68.98% | 16 | 0.13% |
1948 | 2,082 | 18.90% | 8,925 | 81.00% | 11 | 0.10% |
1944 | 4,108 | 34.96% | 7,626 | 64.89% | 18 | 0.15% |
1940 | 6,318 | 39.65% | 9,591 | 60.20% | 24 | 0.15% |
1936 | 5,056 | 39.28% | 7,791 | 60.53% | 25 | 0.19% |
1932 | 3,768 | 32.34% | 7,837 | 67.26% | 47 | 0.40% |
1928 | 4,750 | 53.22% | 4,153 | 46.53% | 22 | 0.25% |
1924 | 4,018 | 48.34% | 4,167 | 50.13% | 127 | 1.53% |
1920 | 3,745 | 49.95% | 3,637 | 48.51% | 116 | 1.55% |
1916 | 2,039 | 41.79% | 2,715 | 55.65% | 125 | 2.56% |
1912 | 1,607 | 35.56% | 1,945 | 43.04% | 967 | 21.40% |
1908 | 1,436 | 42.55% | 1,824 | 54.04% | 115 | 3.41% |
1904 | 922 | 41.99% | 1,257 | 57.24% | 17 | 0.77% |
1900 | 668 | 32.55% | 1,379 | 67.20% | 5 | 0.24% |
1896 | 480 | 22.63% | 1,639 | 77.27% | 2 | 0.09% |
1892 | 361 | 21.92% | 1,215 | 73.77% | 71 | 4.31% |
1888 | 352 | 24.01% | 1,114 | 75.99% | 0 | 0.00% |
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.[26] 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
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
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in New Madrid County, Missouri
- New Madrid Floodway Project
- New Madrid Seismic Zone
References
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External links
- Digitized 1930 Plat Book of New Madrid County Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books