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New Madrid County

New Madrid County, Missouri
New Madrid County Courthouse.jpg
New Madrid County Courthouse
Map of Missouri highlighting New Madrid County
Location in the U.S. state of Missouri
Map of the United States highlighting Missouri
Missouri's location in the U.S.
Founded October 1, 1812
Named for Madrid, Spain
Seat New Madrid
Largest city New Madrid
Area
 • Total 697 sq mi (1,805 km2)
 • Land 675 sq mi (1,748 km2)
 • Water 22 sq mi (57 km2), 3.1%
Population (est.)
 • (2015) 18,208
 • Density 28/sq mi (11/km²)
Congressional district 8th
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
New Madrid County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor Ronnie Simmons Democratic
Circuit Clerk Marsha Meatte Holiman Democratic
County Clerk Clement Cravens Democratic
Collector Dewayne Nowlin Democratic
Commissioner
(Presiding)
Clyde M. Hawes Democratic
Commissioner
(District 1)
Mark Baker Democratic
Commissioner
(District 2)
Don Day Democratic
Coroner Jimmy McSpadden Democratic
Prosecuting Attorney Lewis H. Recker Democratic
Public Administrator Riley Bock Democratic
Recorder Kim St. Mary Hall Democratic
Sheriff Terry M. Stevens Democratic
Surveyor Charles Ice Democratic
Treasurer Tom Bradley Democratic
New Madrid County, Missouri
2008 Republican primary in Missouri
John McCain 386 (28.68%)
Mike Huckabee 656 (48.74%)
Mitt Romney 250 (18.57%)
Ron Paul 43 (3.19%)
New Madrid County, Missouri
2008 Democratic primary in Missouri
Hillary Clinton 1,801 (71.19%)
Barack Obama 610 (24.11%)
John Edwards (withdrawn) 101 (3.99%)

New Madrid County (pronounced /n ˈmædrɪd/) new-MAD-rid) is a county located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,956. The largest city 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, and is named after Nuevo Madrid, a district located in the region. This 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.


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