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After the war, New Madrid gradually recovered, owing to continued clearing of the land and the arrival of the railroad. By 1912, it counted some forty businesses, six churches, and (unlike many Southeast Missouri towns at the time) electric utilities. It has declined in size and prosperity in recent decades as a result of the mechanization of agriculture and the consequent reduction in job opportunities, though commerce and industry related to the Mississippi River traffic remains important.
After the war, New Madrid gradually recovered, owing to continued clearing of the land and the arrival of the railroad. By 1912, it counted some forty businesses, six churches, and (unlike many Southeast Missouri towns at the time) electric utilities. It has declined in size and prosperity in recent decades as a result of the mechanization of agriculture and the consequent reduction in job opportunities, though commerce and industry related to the Mississippi River traffic remains important.
==Geography==
New Madrid is located on the Mississippi River on the southeastern border of New Madrid County, along Interstate 55 and U.S. Routes 61 and 62. It faces south upon a large, northward oxbow bend of the Mississippi, known variously as Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend. This bend is so extreme that it cuts off a portion of Fulton County, [[Kentucky]], which is only accessible by land from [[Tennessee]] to the south. Downtown New Madrid today lies slightly northeast of the original settlement, most of which eventually collapsed into the river due to erosion of the bank and the effects of the 1811-12 earthquakes.
The city's exact coordinates are 36°35’16”N 89°32’09”W. It has a total area of 4.53 square miles, and an average elevation of 295 feet.<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, New Madrid has a humid subtropical climate, characterized by hot summers, cool to mild winters, and frequently heavy rainfall. The average temperature is 34°F in January and 81°F in July, and the average precipitation is 49 inches. Heavy snow and extreme cold are uncommon.<ref>https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim20/mo/236045.pdf</ref>
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]