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Cardwell, Missouri (view source)
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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>
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>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Cardwell had a total of 713 inhabitants, grouped into 317 households, with a population density of 1,131.7 people per square mile. This figure represented a significant decrease from the 2000 census, when Cardwell had a population of 789. 96.35% of the inhabitants were White, 0.42% were African-American, 0.28% were Native American, 1.12% were from some other race, and 1.82% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 3.37% of the population.
The median age in Cardwell was 39.5 years, with 25.0% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 9.1% between 18 and 24 years old, 24.2% between 25 and 44, 25.1% between 45 and 64, and 16.5% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 50.2% male, 49.8% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
According to the 2010 American Community Survey, the median household income in Cardwell was $24,183, and the median family income was $26,250. The unemployment rate was 10.5%. The per capita income was $14,755. About 26.7% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 48.3% of people under the age of 18 and 11.4% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
==Community Life==
Cardwell and the nearby city of [[Arbyrd, Missouri|Arbyrd]] are served by the Southland C-9 School District, a PK-12 public school with a total enrollment of about 290 students. All school facilities are located in Cardwell.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/cardwell/southland-c_9-school-district/schools/</ref> The Southland mascot is the Rebels, and the school colors are red, gray and white.<ref>https://www.southland.k12.mo.us/</ref>
Two members of the Southern country/rock band The Kentucky Headhunters, brothers Doug and Ricky Lee Phelps, grew up in the Cardwell area. In the 1990s, they formed a gospel musical group, Brother Phelps, which recorded several hits.<ref>https://people.com/archive/kentucky-headhunters-vol-35-no-23/</ref>
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