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Cardwell, Missouri (view source)
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'''Cardwell''' is a city in southwestern [[Dunklin County, Missouri|Dunklin County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 713 at the 2010 census.
==History==
Cardwell was laid out in 1895 by two brothers from Paragould, [[Arkansas]], by the name of Bertig, who intended it to be the eastern terminus of the Paragould & Southeastern Railroad (though it was later extended further east). It was named for Frank Cardwell of the Bank of Paragould, who helped finance the project.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html</ref> Cardwell was incorporated in 1904, with J. R. Pool as its first mayor, and quickly grew in the following years, with agriculture and several small factories boosting its prosperity.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA376#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
==Geography==
Cardwell is located near the intersection of U.S. Route 412 and Missouri State Highway 164 in extreme southwestern Dunklin County, about nine miles southwest of [[Senath, Missouri|Senath]] and two miles east of the St. Francis River. The Arkansas state line lies just to the south, as well as to the west along the St. Francis. Its exact coordinates are 36°02’50”N 90°17’33”W.
The city has a total land area of 0.63 square miles, and an average elevation of 246 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> The St. Francis River bottomlands near Cardwell are the lowest point in the state of Missouri, with an elevation of about 230 feet.<ref>http://geology.teacherfriendlyguide.org/index.php/topography-sc/topography-elevations-sc</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]
==History==
Cardwell was laid out in 1895 by two brothers from Paragould, [[Arkansas]], by the name of Bertig, who intended it to be the eastern terminus of the Paragould & Southeastern Railroad (though it was later extended further east). It was named for Frank Cardwell of the Bank of Paragould, who helped finance the project.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html</ref> Cardwell was incorporated in 1904, with J. R. Pool as its first mayor, and quickly grew in the following years, with agriculture and several small factories boosting its prosperity.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA376#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
==Geography==
Cardwell is located near the intersection of U.S. Route 412 and Missouri State Highway 164 in extreme southwestern Dunklin County, about nine miles southwest of [[Senath, Missouri|Senath]] and two miles east of the St. Francis River. The Arkansas state line lies just to the south, as well as to the west along the St. Francis. Its exact coordinates are 36°02’50”N 90°17’33”W.
The city has a total land area of 0.63 square miles, and an average elevation of 246 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> The St. Francis River bottomlands near Cardwell are the lowest point in the state of Missouri, with an elevation of about 230 feet.<ref>http://geology.teacherfriendlyguide.org/index.php/topography-sc/topography-elevations-sc</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]