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Created page "Marston, Missouri"
'''Marston''' is a city in southern [[New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 503 at the 2010 census.
==History==
Settlement in the Marston area began in 1878, when a gentleman named Stewart started farming operations. His farms were purchased in 1898 by Charles Barnes, who established a community and named it in honor of his mother, Laura Marston Barnes. A post office was added in 1900, and the town was incorporated in 1905.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_new_madrid.html</ref> By 1912 there were two factories, several stores, two churches, and a small opera house.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA372#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> The population peaked at 742 in 1980, but has declined significantly since then.
==Geography==
Marston is located along U.S. Route 61 in southern New Madrid County, about six miles southwest of [[New Madrid, Missouri|New Madrid]] and eight miles northeast of [[Portageville, Missouri|Portageville]]. Interstate 55 passes along the eastern edge of the community, with the [[Mississippi River]] lying about a mile farther east.
The city has a total land area of 1.11 square miles, and an average elevation of 292 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> It lies near the New Madrid fault line, and small earthquakes occasionally happen in the vicinity.
==References==
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[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]
==History==
Settlement in the Marston area began in 1878, when a gentleman named Stewart started farming operations. His farms were purchased in 1898 by Charles Barnes, who established a community and named it in honor of his mother, Laura Marston Barnes. A post office was added in 1900, and the town was incorporated in 1905.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_new_madrid.html</ref> By 1912 there were two factories, several stores, two churches, and a small opera house.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA372#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> The population peaked at 742 in 1980, but has declined significantly since then.
==Geography==
Marston is located along U.S. Route 61 in southern New Madrid County, about six miles southwest of [[New Madrid, Missouri|New Madrid]] and eight miles northeast of [[Portageville, Missouri|Portageville]]. Interstate 55 passes along the eastern edge of the community, with the [[Mississippi River]] lying about a mile farther east.
The city has a total land area of 1.11 square miles, and an average elevation of 292 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> It lies near the New Madrid fault line, and small earthquakes occasionally happen in the vicinity.
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]