Charleston
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city in and county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Mississippi
- Total
- 4.85 sq mi (12.56 km )
- Land
- 4.80 sq mi (12.42 km )
- Water
- 0.054 sq mi (0.14 km )
- Elevation
- 322 ft (98 m)
- Density
- 1,054.3/sq mi (407.07/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 29-13366
- Website
- www .charlestonmo .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Charleston
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi County
- Population
- 5056
- Area
- 12.564869
- Elevation
- 98
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Mississippi County
- Official website
- www.charlestonmo.us
- Image
- Charleston-Mississippi-County-Courthouse-mo.jpg
- Households
- 1603
- Dialing code
- 573
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- Commons category
- Charleston, Missouri
- postal code
- 63834
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Charleston, Missouri
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- inception
- 1837-01-01
- P8168
- Hooded Merganser
- water as percent of area
- 1.145
- different from
- Charleston
- per capita income
- 13144
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Charleston is a city in and the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,056 at the 2020 census, a decrease from 5,947 in 2010. and since 1968 has been home to the annual Dogwood-Azalea Festival which highlights the old homes and gardens throughout the town.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charleston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.