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The city is home to the Southeast Correctional Center, a mixed custody facility that can house over 1,500 inmates. This has been a boost to the local economy, and is one reason for Charleston's unusually large male population.
The city is home to the Southeast Correctional Center, a mixed custody facility that can house over 1,500 inmates. This has been a boost to the local economy, and is one reason for Charleston's unusually large male population.
==Notable Facts==
Charleston was the epicenter of a 6.6 earthquake on October 31, 1895, the largest to occur in the Central United States since the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12. It caused extensive structural damage in the area, and dramatically expanded the size of Henson Lake to the south.<ref>https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/index.php?month=10&day=31&submit=View+Date</ref>
The city was the home of Warren Hearnes, a prominent [[Democratic]] politician who served as Governor of Missouri from 1965 to 1973; his wife, Betty Cooper Hearnes, served in the state legislature during the 1980s.
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