Dutchtown, Missouri
| Dutchtown, Missouri | |
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| Village | |
 Location of Dutchtown, Missouri |
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| Coordinates: 37°15′8″N 89°39′29″W / 37.25222°N 89.65806°WCoordinates: 37°15′8″N 89°39′29″W / 37.25222°N 89.65806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Cape Girardeau |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.52 sq mi (1.35 km2) |
| • Land | 0.52 sq mi (1.35 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 338 ft (103 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 94 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 95 |
| • Density | 180.8/sq mi (69.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 63745 |
| Area code(s) | 573 |
| FIPS code | 29-20566 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0731565 |
Dutchtown is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States, located at the intersection of Routes 25 and 74. The population was 94 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Dutchtown has a long history of habitation. Martin Rodner, a Hessian soldier who came to America in 1776 to fight for the British during America's Revolutionary War, moved his family to the Dutchtown area in 1801, where he owned a water mill on Hubble Creek. Because his American neighbors had trouble pronouncing his name, it became "Rodney", and his mill was known as Rodney's Mill. He died in 1827. The well used to power this mill still exists on privately owned property (2013) but is filled in to about 8' deep although the original wall stones can be seen.
In the mid-1830s, the area near Rodney's Mill began being settled by Swiss and German families; they called their settlement Spencer. That later became Dutchtown, a variation of the word "Deutsch," which means German.
The small village grew. A blacksmith and a bricklayer settled there. Bloomfield Road ran through the town, as did railroad tracks.
In 1799, the first Protestant sermon and baptism immersion west of the Mississippi River was performed in Randol Creek near modern-day Dutchtown.
In 1836 the German Evangelical Church was founded and remained an active congregation until about 1900. The original church was log, but a brick edifice was built in 1887. The church remains, as does its cemetery with about 150 markers.
The church was also referred to as the "Swamp Church," since the village was built on the edge of a swamp.
Dutchtown is located at 37°15′8″N 89°39′29″W / 37.25222°N 89.65806°W (37.252300, -89.658064).
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