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{{short description|County in Missouri, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
| county               = Mississippi County
| state                = Missouri
| seal                 =
| founded year         = 1845
| founded date         = February 14
| seat wl              = Charleston
| largest city wl      = Charleston
| area_total_sq_mi     = 429
| area_land_sq_mi      = 412
| area_water_sq_mi     = 17
| area percentage      = 4.0
| population_as_of     = 2020
| population_total     = 12577
| pop_est_as_of        =
| population_est       =
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| time zone            = Central
| footnotes            =
| website              = {{URL|www.misscomo.net/|Mississippi County, Missouri}}
| named for            = [[Mississippi River]]
| district             = 8th
| ex image             = Mississippi County Courthouse, Charleston.jpg
| ex image cap         = Mississippi County Courthouse in Charleston
}}
'''Mississippi County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[Missouri Bootheel|Bootheel]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Missouri]], with its eastern border formed by the Mississippi River. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 12,577.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US29133|access-date=January 14, 2022|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The largest city and [[county seat]] is [[Charleston, Missouri|Charleston]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was officially organized on February 14, 1845, and was named after the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n103 330]}}</ref>
==History==
Mississippi County is located in what was formerly known as "Tywappity Bottom," a vast floodplain area bordered by the Scott County Hills on the north, St. James Bayou on the south, the Mississippi River on the east, and [[Little River (St. Francis River tributary)|Little River]] on the west.
In 1540, the Spanish explorer [[Hernando De Soto]] penetrated to the [[Arkansas River]] and perhaps well into present-day southeastern Missouri, which was then populated by various Native American tribes, including the [[Osage Nation|Osage]]. Under pressure from a constantly advancing white settlement, the Native Americans gradually retreated westward. The area of southeastern Missouri was noted for its level swampy lowlands, subject to the seasonal flooding of the Mississippi River, which had resulted in extremely fertile soil.
By 1820 American pioneers, many migrating from the southern states, had settled most of the present counties of southeastern Missouri. The settlers were primarily farmers who came from [[Illinois]] and the states of the Upper South: [[Virginia]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Tennessee]]. They were drawn by the fertile and cheap lands found in the area of present-day [[Charleston, Missouri]]. Cotton was cultivated through the 19th century, and the planters depended on enslaved African-American workers before the Civil War and [[freedmen]] afterward. There were marked adjustments as people adjusted to the free labor market.
The first American settlers reached what became Charleston in 1830. Seven years later, Thankful Randol sold Joseph Moore 22½ acres of land. Moore used it to lay out a plan for the city of Charleston. Its original boundary was 12 blocks square - four north and south, and three east and west. The Original Plat was filed on May 20, 1837. The General Assembly passed an act to incorporate the city of [[Charleston, Missouri|Charleston]] on March 25, 1872.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, violence increased against black Americans as the state disfranchised minority voters and enforce the Jim Crow segregation laws. Four African Americans were [[Lynching in the United States|lynched]] in Mississippi County, the second-highest number in the state and tied with [[Callaway County]].<ref name="lynching">[https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf ''Lynching in America''/ ''Supplement: Lynchings by County, 3rd edition''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023063004/https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf |date=October 23, 2017 }}, Montgomery, Alabama: Equal Justice Initiative, 2015, p. 7</ref> Three of these murders took place in the county seat of Charleston. The fourth man was killed in [[Belmont, Missouri]] in 1905. Sam Fields and Robert Coleman were lynched in Charleston on July 3, 1910, allegedly for committing murder and robbery. The joint lynching was witnessed by a crowd of about 1,000.<ref name="monroe"/> Roosevelt Grigsby was lynched in Charleston in December 1924 by a mob of 200, who accused him of attempting to rape a woman.<ref name="monroe">[http://www.monroeworktoday.org/explore/map2/indexif.html ''Map of White Supremacy mob violence, 1835 - 1964''], Monroe Work Today</ref><ref>[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/map-shows-over-a-century-of-documented-lynchings-in-united-states-180961877/#5XC6GSKltKIx3TYK.99 Danny Lewis, "This Map Shows Over a Century of Documented Lynchings in the United States"], ''Smithsonian Magazine'', January 27, 2017; accessed April 12, 2018</ref>
At the turn of the 20th century, the virgin forests attracted timber barons. Following the clearing of the timber, the state assisted in the construction of [[levees]], forming drainage districts to redevelop the land. As hundreds of miles of levees and dikes were constructed within the Little River Drainage District, thousands of acres of land were drained and "reclaimed" for agricultural use. The reclaimed land, highly fertile due to centuries of flooding from the Mississippi River, was cultivated for cotton, corn, and wheat. Since the late 20th century, [[soybeans]] and rice have been important commodity crops and are grown on an industrial scale.
==Geography==
[[File:Horse Statues at Boomtown, Charleston, Missouri.jpg|thumb|2 horse statues at fireworks retailer Boomland overlooking [[Interstate 57]].]]
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|429|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|412|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|17|sqmi}} (4.0%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 16, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt|archive-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref> It is the easternmost county in the state, as well as the easternmost county in the United States located west of the Mississippi River.
===Adjacent counties===
*[[Alexander County, Illinois]] (north)
*[[Ballard County, Kentucky]] (northeast across the Mississippi River)
*[[Carlisle County, Kentucky]] (east across the river)
*[[Hickman County, Kentucky]] (southeast across the river)
*[[Fulton County, Kentucky]] (south across the river)
*[[New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid County]] (southwest)
*[[Scott County, Missouri|Scott County]] (northwest)
Mississippi County has borders across the river with four Kentucky counties, but it has no direct highway connection between any of them due to the mile-wide barrier of the river in this area. None of the four Kentucky counties that border Missouri has any direct highway connection with Missouri. Kentucky and Missouri are the only two U.S. states to border each other, even across a major river, without a direct highway connection between them. This reflects the relatively low populations among the river counties on both sides, which are largely rural in character. In early 2016, Mississippi County was declared as the poorest county in Missouri.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/realestate/poorest-county-every-state-052102544.html|title=The Poorest County in Every State|date=January 27, 2016 }}</ref>
===Major highways===
*[[Image:I-57 (MO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 57#Missouri)|Interstate 57]]
*[[Image:US 60.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 60 in Missouri|U.S. Route 60]]
*[[Image:US 62.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 62 in Missouri|U.S. Route 62]]
*[[Image:MO-75.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 75|Route 75]]
*[[Image:MO-77.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 77|Route 77]]
*[[Image:MO-80.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 80|Route 80]]
*[[Image:MO-102.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 102|Route 102]]
*[[Image:MO-105.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 105|Route 105]]
==Demographics==
The rural county was at its peak of population in 1940. With changes in agriculture and mechanization requiring fewer workers, the number of jobs have declined, as has county population.
{{US Census population
|1850= 3123
|1860= 4859
|1870= 4982
|1880= 9270
|1890= 10134
|1900= 11837
|1910= 14557
|1920= 12860
|1930= 15762
|1940= 23149
|1950= 22551
|1960= 20695
|1970= 16647
|1980= 15726
|1990= 14442
|2000= 13427
|2010= 14358
|2020= 12577
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mo190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2015<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29/29133.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607042907/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29/29133.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 13,427 people, 5,383 households, and 3,671 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|32|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 5,840 housing units at an average density of {{convert|14|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 77.93% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 20.53% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.25% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.11% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.29% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.89% from two or more races. Approximately 0.96% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.
There were 5,383 households, out of which 31.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.70% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 17.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.80% were non-families. 28.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.98.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.30% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 87.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.70 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $28,837, and the median income for a family was $35,554. Males had a median income of $26,110 versus $17,204 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $16,847. About 19.00% of families and 23.70% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 31.70% of those under age 18 and 21.70% of those age 65 or over.
===Religion===
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2000), Mississippi County is a part of the [[Bible Belt]] with evangelical Protestantism being the majority religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Mississippi County who adhere to a religion are [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptists]] (53.88%), [[United Methodist Church|Methodists]] (13.70%), and [[Christian churches and churches of Christ|Christian Churches and Churches of Christ]] (7.55%).
===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Mississippi County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title =P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Mississippi County, Missouri|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Mississippi%20County,%20Missouri&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|8,814
|70%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|3,060
|24.33%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|33
|0.26%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|20
|0.16%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|0
|0%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|427
|3.4%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|223
|1.8%
|}
==Education==
Of adults 25 years of age and older in Mississippi County, 61.1% possess a [[High School Diploma (United States)|high school diploma]] or higher, while 9.6% hold a [[bachelor's degree]] or higher as their highest educational attainment.
===Public schools===
*Charleston R-I School District<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.charlestonbluejays.org/|title=Charleston School District}}</ref> - [[Charleston, Missouri|Charleston]]
**Warren E. Hearnes Elementary School (PK-05)
**Charleston Middle School (06-08)
**Charleston High School (09-12)
*East Prairie R-II School District<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastprairie.org/|title=East Prairie R-2 School District}}</ref> - [[East Prairie, Missouri|East Prairie]]
**East Prairie Elementary School (PK-04)
**East Prairie Middle School (05-08)
**East Prairie High School (09-12)
*Scott County R-IV School District<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kellyhawks.org/|title=Scott County R-IV School District}}</ref> - [[Benton, Missouri|Benton]]
**Kelly Elementary School (K-05)
**Kelly Middle School (06-08)
**Thomas W. Kelly High School (09-12)
===Private schools===
*St. Henry's School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sthenrychurch.org/|title=St. Henry Catholic Church, Charleston, Missouri, Welcomes You!|author=Timothy Rolwing}}</ref> - [[Charleston, Missouri|Charleston]] - (01-08) - [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]
===Public libraries===
* Mississippi County Library District<ref>{{cite web | last = Breeding | first = Marshall | title =  Mississippi County Library District | publisher = Libraries.org | url = https://librarytechnology.org/library/4137 | access-date = May 8, 2017}}</ref>
==Communities==
===Cities and villages===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Anniston, Missouri|Anniston]]
*[[Bertrand, Missouri|Bertrand]]
*[[Charleston, Missouri|Charleston]] (seat)
*[[East Prairie, Missouri|East Prairie]]
*[[Miner, Missouri|Miner]] (mostly in [[Scott County, Missouri|Scott County]])
*[[Pinhook, Missouri|Pinhook]]
*[[Wilson City, Missouri|Wilson City]]
*[[Wyatt, Missouri|Wyatt]]
{{div col end}}
===Unincorporated communities===
{{Div col|colwidth=10em|rules=yes}}
* [[Alfalfa Center, Missouri|Alfalfa Center]]
* [[Bird's Point, Missouri|Bird's Point]]
* [[Buckeye, Missouri|Buckeye]]
* [[Catalpa, Missouri|Catalpa]]
* [[Deventer, Missouri|Deventer]]
* [[Dogwood, Mississippi County, Missouri|Dogwood]]
* [[Dorena, Missouri|Dorena]]
* [[Henson, Missouri|Henson]]
* [[Pulltight, Missouri|Pulltight]]
* [[Samos, Missouri|Samos]]
* [[Texas Bend, Missouri|Texas Bend]]
* [[Whiting, Missouri|Whiting]]
* [[Wolf Island, Missouri|Wolf Island]]
{{div col end}}
==Politics==
{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Mississippi County, Missouri
| assessor          =Lisa Finley-Norton
| assessorparty     =Republican
| circuitclerk      =Christina Turner
| circuitclerkparty =Republican
| countyclerk       =Emily Pullen
| countyclerkparty  =Republican
| presiding         =James Conn
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Mitch Pullen
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Darrell Jones
| district2party    =Republican
| collector         =Cyndi Hensley
| collectorparty    =Republican
| coroner           =Terry A. Parker
| coronerparty      =Democratic
| prosecutor        =Claire Poley
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Melissa Fisher Davis
| administratorparty=Republican
| recorder          =George Bays
| recorderparty     =Democratic
| sheriff           =Britton Ferrell
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor          =
| surveyorparty     =
| treasurer         =Paul Moore
| treasurerparty    =Republican
}}
===State===
Mississippi County is split in half by two different districts of the [[Missouri House of Representatives]]. The northern portion of the county is a part of House District 148 and is currently represented by [[Missouri House of Representatives|State Representative]] [[Holly Rehder]](R)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://house.mo.gov/MemberRoster.aspx|title=Missouri House of Representative - Members|website=house.mo.gov|access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref> of [[Sikeston, Missouri|Sikeston]]. The southern portion of the county is a part of House District 149 and is represented by [[Missouri House of Representatives|State Representative]] [[Don Rone Jr.|Don Rone]](R)<ref name=":0" /> of [[Portageville, Missouri|Portageville]].
All of Mississippi County is a part of Missouri's 25th District in the [[Missouri Senate]] and is currently represented by [[Missouri Senate|State Senator]] [[Jason Bean (politician)|Jason Bean]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.mo.gov/mem25/|title=Senator Doug Libla – Missouri Senate|website=www.senate.mo.gov|access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref>(R).
===Federal===
Mississippi County is included in [[MO-08|Missouri's 8th Congressional District]] and is represented by [[Jason T. Smith]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mo.gov/government/legislative-branch/|title=Legislative Branch|website=MO.gov|language=en|access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref> (R-[[Salem, Missouri|Salem]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]].
====Political culture====
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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,537|1,178|41|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,600|1,458|111|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,997|1,858|65|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,034|2,247|75|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,903|2,374|21|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|2,395|2,756|64|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,595|3,235|419|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,675|3,226|786|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,218|2,814|10|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|2,502|2,524|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,459|3,040|80|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,733|3,366|17|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,727|1,470|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,421|2,303|1,575|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,665|4,015|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,629|3,855|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,111|3,653|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|2,380|4,331|19|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,293|4,592|30|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,944|4,182|27|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,073|4,362|27|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,552|4,160|25|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,687|3,136|35|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,999|2,602|8|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,797|2,360|153|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|2,193|2,442|44|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,330|1,874|59|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,050|1,388|221|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,320|1,589|41|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,161|1,229|59|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,020|1,384|23|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,074|1,673|6|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|734|1,240|82|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|787|1,312|30|Missouri}}
At the presidential level, Mississippi County was a solidly Democratic county from its founding in 1845 through [[2000 United States presidential election in Missouri|2000]], breaking with the Democratic Party only to vote for [[Constitutional Union Party (United States)|Constitutional Unionist]] [[John Bell (Tennessee politician)|John Bell]] in [[1860 United States presidential election in Missouri|1860]] and [[Richard Nixon]] in his [[1972 United States presidential election in Missouri|1972]] landslide within this period.<ref>{{Cite web|title=County winners, 1836-2016|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZmDRzvm83BYurKX7LsrET-C7tcIsE5Em42Wt-gTydXk/edit?usp=embed_facebook|access-date=January 13, 2021|website=Google Docs|language=en-US}}</ref> In [[2004 United States presidential election in Missouri|2004]], [[George W. Bush]] became only the second Republican ever to carry the county, despite his narrow national popular vote win, and in [[2008 United States presidential election in Missouri|2008]], [[John McCain]] carried it again, by a larger margin, despite his convincing national defeat. As of [[2020 United States presidential election in Missouri|2020]], the county has voted Republican for five straight elections, with an increased vote share every time; the Republican vote share has not gone below 60% since 2008.
Despite Mississippi County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing [[Populism|populist]] causes such 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 Mississippi County with 75.66 percent of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri, with 75.94 percent voting in favor as the minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour in the state.
===Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)===
{{main|2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary|2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary}}
During the 2008 presidential primary, voters in Mississippi County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally. Former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Hillary Clinton]] (D-[[New York (state)|New York]]) received more votes, a total of 1,094, than any candidate from either party in Mississippi County during the 2008 presidential primary.
==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Mississippi County, Missouri]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/platbooks.htm Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Mississippi County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816173126/http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/platbooks.htm |date=August 16, 2011 }} from [[University of Missouri]] Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books
* {{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Mississippi (county)|display=Mississippi. II. A S. E. county of Missouri |short=x}}
{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Mississippi County, Missouri
|North     = [[Alexander County, Illinois]]
|Northeast = [[Ballard County, Kentucky]]
|East      = [[Carlisle County, Kentucky]]
|Southeast = [[Hickman County, Kentucky]]
|South     = [[Fulton County, Kentucky]]
|Southwest = [[New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid County]]
|West      =
|Northwest = [[Scott County, Missouri|Scott County]]
}}
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