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'''Risco''' is a city in western [[New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 346 at the 2010 census.
==History==
Risco owes its name and its existence to the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, a branch line of which was extended through that portion of New Madrid County at the turn of the century. A settlement grew up along the railroad in the central part of Como Township, and when a post office was opened in 1904, the name "Frisco" was proposed, that being a popular nickname for the entire railway. However, another post office in neighboring [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]] already bore that name, so it was shortened to Risco.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_new_madrid.html</ref>
==Geography==
Risco is located in western New Madrid County, at the intersection of U.S. Route 62 and Missouri State Highway 153. It is approximately eight miles east of Malden, and sixteen miles west-southwest of [[New Madrid, Missouri|New Madrid]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°33’06”N 89°49’12”W.
The city lies on the flat lowlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It has a total land area of 0.56 square miles, and an average elevation of 276 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]
==History==
Risco owes its name and its existence to the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, a branch line of which was extended through that portion of New Madrid County at the turn of the century. A settlement grew up along the railroad in the central part of Como Township, and when a post office was opened in 1904, the name "Frisco" was proposed, that being a popular nickname for the entire railway. However, another post office in neighboring [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]] already bore that name, so it was shortened to Risco.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_new_madrid.html</ref>
==Geography==
Risco is located in western New Madrid County, at the intersection of U.S. Route 62 and Missouri State Highway 153. It is approximately eight miles east of Malden, and sixteen miles west-southwest of [[New Madrid, Missouri|New Madrid]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°33’06”N 89°49’12”W.
The city lies on the flat lowlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It has a total land area of 0.56 square miles, and an average elevation of 276 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]