New Madrid County
| New Madrid County, Missouri | |
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New Madrid County Courthouse
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 Location in the U.S. state of Missouri |
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 Missouri's location in the U.S. |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Elected countywide officials | ||||
| Assessor | Ronnie Simmons | Democratic | ||
| Circuit Clerk | Marsha Meatte Holiman | Democratic | ||
| County Clerk | Clement Cravens | Democratic | ||
| Collector | Dewayne Nowlin | Democratic | ||
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Commissioner (Presiding) |
Clyde M. Hawes | Democratic | ||
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Commissioner (District 1) |
Mark Baker | Democratic | ||
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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 | ||
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| 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%) | |
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| 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| John Edwards (withdrawn) | 101 (3.99%) | |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 /nuː 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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