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'''East Prairie''' is a city in southwestern [[Mississippi County, Missouri|Mississippi County]], [[Missouri]]. It is the second-largest community in the county, with a population of 3,176 at the 2010 census.
==History==
East Prairie was at first a name bestowed by settlers in the early 19th century on one of several "prairies," open spaces in Southeast Missouri that were slightly higher in elevation and better-drained than the surrounding swamps, making them ideal places for settlement.<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mississippi.html</ref> The community itself was first laid out in 1883 with the arrival of a branch line of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, but was then known as "Hibbard" for one of the early citizens. At some point before 1900, the name was changed to East Prairie.
Like many towns in the area, East Prairie boomed in the early 20th century with the clearing and draining of the swampland and its conversion to agriculture. Between 1900 and 1910, its population more than tripled to over 1,200, thereafter continuing a slow but steady rise to its peak of 3,713 in 1980. Since then, it has declined somewhat but remains a sizable community.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA392#v=onepage&q=east%20prairie&f=false</ref>
==Geography==
East Prairie is located about ten miles south-southwest of [[Charleston, Missouri|Charleston]] in Mississippi County, at the intersection of Missouri State Highways 80 and 105. Its exact coordinates are 36°46’46”N 89°23’05”W.
The city has a total land area of 1.29 square miles, and an average elevation of 305 feet. It lies entirely within the flat lowlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> Like most of Southeast Missouri, East Prairie has a humid subtropical climate; temperatures average about 33°F in January and 80°F in July, with an average precipitation of 47 inches.<ref>http://www.city-data.com/city/East-Prairie-Missouri.html</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]
==History==
East Prairie was at first a name bestowed by settlers in the early 19th century on one of several "prairies," open spaces in Southeast Missouri that were slightly higher in elevation and better-drained than the surrounding swamps, making them ideal places for settlement.<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mississippi.html</ref> The community itself was first laid out in 1883 with the arrival of a branch line of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, but was then known as "Hibbard" for one of the early citizens. At some point before 1900, the name was changed to East Prairie.
Like many towns in the area, East Prairie boomed in the early 20th century with the clearing and draining of the swampland and its conversion to agriculture. Between 1900 and 1910, its population more than tripled to over 1,200, thereafter continuing a slow but steady rise to its peak of 3,713 in 1980. Since then, it has declined somewhat but remains a sizable community.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA392#v=onepage&q=east%20prairie&f=false</ref>
==Geography==
East Prairie is located about ten miles south-southwest of [[Charleston, Missouri|Charleston]] in Mississippi County, at the intersection of Missouri State Highways 80 and 105. Its exact coordinates are 36°46’46”N 89°23’05”W.
The city has a total land area of 1.29 square miles, and an average elevation of 305 feet. It lies entirely within the flat lowlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> Like most of Southeast Missouri, East Prairie has a humid subtropical climate; temperatures average about 33°F in January and 80°F in July, with an average precipitation of 47 inches.<ref>http://www.city-data.com/city/East-Prairie-Missouri.html</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]