Old Appleton, Missouri
| Old Appleton, Missouri | |
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Old Appleton, road sign
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 Location of Old Appleton, Missouri |
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| Coordinates: 37°35′36″N 89°42′34″W / 37.59333°N 89.70944°WCoordinates: 37°35′36″N 89°42′34″W / 37.59333°N 89.70944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Cape Girardeau |
| Township | Apple Creek |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.12 sq mi (0.31 km2) |
| • Land | 0.12 sq mi (0.31 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 410 ft (125 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 85 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 86 |
| • Density | 708.3/sq mi (273.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 63770 |
| Area code(s) | 573 |
| FIPS code | 29-54200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0739974 |
Old Appleton is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 85 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The first settlement was made at Old Appleton in 1824.
The community of Old Appleton was originally known as Apple Creek, named after the stream Apple Creek on which the village is located. By the 1870s the village had become known as Appleton. In 1918, the word "Old" was incorporated into the name to eliminate confusion with Appleton City in St. Clair County, Missouri.
Although it is not known who the original native inhabitants were of the Old Appleton area, the area eventually become home to the Shawnee and Delaware Indians. Having originated in present-day Delaware and Pennsylvania, the Shawnee and Delaware Indians had been pushed off their lands by white settlement. In the 1780s, Pierre Louis Lorimier, a French Canadian who had worked as an Indian-interpreter for the British, found it in his best interest to leave the American states. He settled Cape Girardeau in the Ste. Genevieve District with his wife, who was of mixed French and Shawnee ancestry. Lorimier was subsequently made the Indian Agent by the Spanish colonial authorities. Like Lorimier, the Shawnee and Delaware Indians had sided with the British, and found themselves in an unsavory situation. Lorimier appealed for land grants from the Spanish authorities for the settlement of Shawnee and Delaware Indians from American territory.
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