New Madrid County

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New Madrid County is a rural county in southeastern Missouri known for its location along the Mississippi River and its association with the historic New Madrid earthquakes of 1811–1812.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
New Madrid County canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
county of Missouri ⓘ
borders Mississippi River ⓘ
borderType river border ⓘ
characterizedAs rural county ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countrySubdivision State of Missouri ⓘ
countySeat New Madrid ⓘ
geologicalRegion New Madrid Seismic Zone ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
river transportation ⓘ
hasFeature floodplain areas ⓘ
seismic risk ⓘ
hasGovernmentType county government ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes ⓘ
knownFor New Madrid earthquakes of 1811–1812 ⓘ
seismic activity in the New Madrid Seismic Zone ⓘ
largestCity New Madrid ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi River Valley ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
United States Midwest ⓘ
southeastern Missouri ⓘ
linked to: southeast Missouri
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Mississippi River ⓘ
namedAfter New Madrid, Missouri ⓘ
partOf Missouri Bootheel ⓘ
United States county system ⓘ
region Southeast Missouri ⓘ
linked to: southeast Missouri
state Missouri ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Missouri Bootheel → contains → New Madrid County ⓘ
Portageville, Missouri → county → New Madrid County ⓘ