New Madrid

New Madrid

      city, seat (1821) of New Madrid county, southeastern Missouri, U.S., on the Mississippi River, 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Cairo, Ill. It originated as a French Canadian trading post about 1783. The town was initiated in 1789 by an American Revolutionary War veteran, George Morgan, who had received a land grant from Spain, but it did not begin to flourish in farming and trade until after the purchase of the Territory of Louisiana by the United States in 1803. New Madrid's growth was slowed by violent earthquakes in 1811–12 (it lies on one of the most active faults in North America) as well as floods and shifting of the river's course, which caused several removals of the city to different sites. The city was the site of an American Civil War battle in 1862.

      New Madrid's economic mainstay is diversified agriculture (cotton, soybeans, corn [maize], grain sorghum, and livestock). Manufactures include processed aluminum and plastics. There is some lumbering, and a power plant is located 5 miles (8 km) south of the city. The Lilbourn site, a fortified prehistoric Mississippian Indian ceremonial centre, is 4 miles (6 km) west. Several other major archaeological sites are in the area. Donaldson Point Conservation Area is to the east. Inc. 1803. Pop. (2000) 3,334; (2005 est.) 3,131.

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