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Sikeston
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city in Scott and New Madrid counties in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Counties
- Scott , New Madrid
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Greg Turnbow
- Total
- 17.30 sq mi (44.80 km )
- Land
- 17.14 sq mi (44.39 km )
- Water
- 0.16 sq mi (0.41 km )
- Elevation
- 331 ft (101 m)
- Density
- 950.6/sq mi (367.01/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 29-67790
- Website
- http://www.sikeston.org/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Sikeston
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New Madrid County
- Population
- 16291
- Area
- 45.278476
- Elevation
- 100
- Shares border with
- Benton
- Official website
- www.sikeston.org
- Image
- Sikeston-City-Hall-mo.jpg
- Households
- 7273
- Dialing code
- 573
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- Commons category
- Sikeston, Missouri
- postal code
- 63801
- inception
- 1860-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sikeston, Missouri
- P8168
- Juana de Ibarbourou
- water as percent of area
- 0.9243
- per capita income
- 26724
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sikeston (/ˈsaɪkstən/) is a city located both in southern Scott County and northern New Madrid County, in the state of Missouri, United States. It is situated just north of the "Missouri Bootheel", although many locals consider Sikeston a part of it. By way of Interstate 55, Interstate 57, and U.S. Route 60, Sikeston is close to the halfway point between St. Louis and Memphis, Tennessee and is four hours from Nashville.
The city is named after John Sikes, who founded it in 1860. It is the principal city of the Sikeston Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of all of Scott County, and has a total population of 41,143.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sikeston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.