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Bertrand was named for one Mr. Bertrand (first name unknown), a local businessman and promoter in the antebellum era. Exactly when the community came to bear his name is unclear; a circuit rider district for the [[Methodist]] church was designated "Bertrand" upon its organization in 1844, but the town itself was not laid out until 1859, when the Cairo & Fulton Railroad was extended west to that point. A post office was added in 1867, and a bank in 1906.<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mississippi.html</ref>
Bertrand was named for one Mr. Bertrand (first name unknown), a local businessman and promoter in the antebellum era. Exactly when the community came to bear his name is unclear; a circuit rider district for the [[Methodist]] church was designated "Bertrand" upon its organization in 1844, but the town itself was not laid out until 1859, when the Cairo & Fulton Railroad was extended west to that point. A post office was added in 1867, and a bank in 1906.<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mississippi.html</ref>
==Geography==
Bertrand is located on U.S. Route 62 in western Mississippi County, about five miles east of [[Sikeston, Missouri|Sikeston]]. Interstate 57 is accessible just to the south. Its exact coordinates are 36°54’37”N, 89°26’54”W.
The city lies on the flat land of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It has a total land area of 0.78 square miles, and an average elevation of 322 feet.<ref>https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2017_Gazetteer/2017_gaz_place_29.txt</ref>
==References==
==References==