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'''Bernie''' is a city in southern [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]], [[Missouri]]. It is the second-largest community in the county, with a population of 1,958 at the 2010 census.
==History==
Though settlement of the area began as early as 1878, the town of Bernie was laid out along the new St. Louis Southwestern Railroad in 1890 by George S. Crumb and named in honor of his daughter, Bernice or "Bernie."<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_stoddard.html</ref>
Like many railroad towns in the virgin timberland of Southeast Missouri, Bernie grew rapidly; by 1912, the town had a bank, a cotton gin, a drug store, eighteen general stores, and at least four churches. A sizable public school was already in operation as well. The flourishing agriculture of the area, especially the growing of cotton, rice, and soybeans, has helped the town maintain a stable population to the present day.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA391#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
==Geography==
Bernie is located along Missouri State Highway 25, about eight miles south of [[Dexter, Missouri|Dexter]]. Its specific location is 36°40′08″ N, 89°58′07″ W.<ref>https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:0::NO::P3_FID:713988</ref> [[Malden, Missouri|Malden]] lies about eight miles south, and the St. Francis River is about ten miles to the west.
The city has a total land area of 1.31 square miles, and an average elevation of 302 feet. There are few if any terrain features worth noting, it being located on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain.<ref>https://missouri.hometownlocator.com/mo/stoddard/bernie.cfm</ref>
==History==
Though settlement of the area began as early as 1878, the town of Bernie was laid out along the new St. Louis Southwestern Railroad in 1890 by George S. Crumb and named in honor of his daughter, Bernice or "Bernie."<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_stoddard.html</ref>
Like many railroad towns in the virgin timberland of Southeast Missouri, Bernie grew rapidly; by 1912, the town had a bank, a cotton gin, a drug store, eighteen general stores, and at least four churches. A sizable public school was already in operation as well. The flourishing agriculture of the area, especially the growing of cotton, rice, and soybeans, has helped the town maintain a stable population to the present day.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA391#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
==Geography==
Bernie is located along Missouri State Highway 25, about eight miles south of [[Dexter, Missouri|Dexter]]. Its specific location is 36°40′08″ N, 89°58′07″ W.<ref>https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:0::NO::P3_FID:713988</ref> [[Malden, Missouri|Malden]] lies about eight miles south, and the St. Francis River is about ten miles to the west.
The city has a total land area of 1.31 square miles, and an average elevation of 302 feet. There are few if any terrain features worth noting, it being located on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain.<ref>https://missouri.hometownlocator.com/mo/stoddard/bernie.cfm</ref>