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'''Gideon''' is a city in southwestern [[New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 1,093 at the 2010 census.
==History==
The Gideon area was uninhabited forest until about 1900, when the Gideon Anderson Lumber Company of [[Indiana]] established a sawmill alongside the newly-arrived railroad. One of the early settlers was Mr. Frank Gideon, part-owner of the company, in whose honor the new town was named.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_new_madrid.html</ref> A post office was added in 1903, and Gideon was incorporated as a village in 1906. Within a few years the community had several mills and factories, a school, and two churches, and the population rose quickly as the fertile land nearby was cleared for farming.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA380#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
Gideon's most notable industry was the Gideon Box Plant, which operated from 1931 to 1986 and employed as many as 250 people at one time. During its operation, it produced more beverage cases than any other American factory, and during [[World War II]], it was the country's only factory to produce tent pins for soldiers overseas.<ref>http://gideon.k12.mo.us/town/box.htm</ref>
==Geography==
Gideon is located along Missouri State Highways 153 and 162 in far western New Madrid County, close to the border with Dunklin County. It lies about seven miles southeast of Malden, and twelve miles west of [[Portageville, Missouri|Portageville]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°27’17”N 89°55’07”W.
The city lies on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It has a total area of 1.80 square miles, and an average elevation of 269 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120225081742/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]
==History==
The Gideon area was uninhabited forest until about 1900, when the Gideon Anderson Lumber Company of [[Indiana]] established a sawmill alongside the newly-arrived railroad. One of the early settlers was Mr. Frank Gideon, part-owner of the company, in whose honor the new town was named.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_new_madrid.html</ref> A post office was added in 1903, and Gideon was incorporated as a village in 1906. Within a few years the community had several mills and factories, a school, and two churches, and the population rose quickly as the fertile land nearby was cleared for farming.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA380#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
Gideon's most notable industry was the Gideon Box Plant, which operated from 1931 to 1986 and employed as many as 250 people at one time. During its operation, it produced more beverage cases than any other American factory, and during [[World War II]], it was the country's only factory to produce tent pins for soldiers overseas.<ref>http://gideon.k12.mo.us/town/box.htm</ref>
==Geography==
Gideon is located along Missouri State Highways 153 and 162 in far western New Madrid County, close to the border with Dunklin County. It lies about seven miles southeast of Malden, and twelve miles west of [[Portageville, Missouri|Portageville]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°27’17”N 89°55’07”W.
The city lies on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It has a total area of 1.80 square miles, and an average elevation of 269 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120225081742/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]