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'''Campbell''' is a city in northern [[Dunklin County, Missouri|Dunklin County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 1,992 at the 2010 census. Campbell advertises itself as "The Peach Capital of Missouri" due to the many fruit orchards in the vicinity.
==History==
The original settlement in the Campbell area was a town called Four Mile, so called because it was about four miles from the St. Francis River ferry at Chalk Bluff on the Missouri-[[Arkansas]] border. It was one of the first communities in the county, dating to around 1844. Despite the disorders of the [[Civil War]], which saw considerable skirmishing as [[Union]] and [[Confederate]] troops crossed the river at Chalk Bluff, the town flourished for several decades, with several stores and, as one account says, "a more than adequate number of saloons."<ref>https://www.campbellmo.com/history</ref>
In 1880, the Cottonbelt Railroad was built through the region, intersecting with the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad about two miles southeast of Four Mile. Within a couple years, nearly every business had relocated to the junction, and a new town was laid out. This was named after Alexander Campbell, a judge on the county court and a friend of one of the town founders.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html</ref> Campbell was incorporated in 1894 and grew rapidly, thanks to the presence of the railroad and timber-cutting operations in the region.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA392#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> The latter came to an end after about 1910; however, the town was boosted by intensive agriculture, especially peach-growing, in which Campbell quickly became a leader in the Midwest and Mid-South. The first Peach Festival was held in 1944, and has continued ever since.
==Geography==
Campbell is located at the junction of U.S. Route 62 and Missouri State Highway 53 in northern Dunklin County, about seven miles southwest of [[Malden, Missouri|Malden]] and six miles northwest of [[Clarkton, Missouri|Clarkton]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°29’34”N 90°04’24”W.
The city is located within Crowley's Ridge, a range of hills running northeast from Arkansas. The soil of the ridge is generally sandy to chalky and well-drained, as opposed to much of the flat bottomlands to the east, a major factor in the cultivation of peaches and other fruits in the area. Campbell has a total land area of 1.40 square miles, and an average elevation of 315 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/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 original settlement in the Campbell area was a town called Four Mile, so called because it was about four miles from the St. Francis River ferry at Chalk Bluff on the Missouri-[[Arkansas]] border. It was one of the first communities in the county, dating to around 1844. Despite the disorders of the [[Civil War]], which saw considerable skirmishing as [[Union]] and [[Confederate]] troops crossed the river at Chalk Bluff, the town flourished for several decades, with several stores and, as one account says, "a more than adequate number of saloons."<ref>https://www.campbellmo.com/history</ref>
In 1880, the Cottonbelt Railroad was built through the region, intersecting with the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad about two miles southeast of Four Mile. Within a couple years, nearly every business had relocated to the junction, and a new town was laid out. This was named after Alexander Campbell, a judge on the county court and a friend of one of the town founders.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html</ref> Campbell was incorporated in 1894 and grew rapidly, thanks to the presence of the railroad and timber-cutting operations in the region.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA392#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> The latter came to an end after about 1910; however, the town was boosted by intensive agriculture, especially peach-growing, in which Campbell quickly became a leader in the Midwest and Mid-South. The first Peach Festival was held in 1944, and has continued ever since.
==Geography==
Campbell is located at the junction of U.S. Route 62 and Missouri State Highway 53 in northern Dunklin County, about seven miles southwest of [[Malden, Missouri|Malden]] and six miles northwest of [[Clarkton, Missouri|Clarkton]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°29’34”N 90°04’24”W.
The city is located within Crowley's Ridge, a range of hills running northeast from Arkansas. The soil of the ridge is generally sandy to chalky and well-drained, as opposed to much of the flat bottomlands to the east, a major factor in the cultivation of peaches and other fruits in the area. Campbell has a total land area of 1.40 square miles, and an average elevation of 315 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]