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'''Fisk''' is a city in eastern [[Butler County, Missouri|Butler County]], [[Missouri]], near the St. Francis River. It had a population of 342 at the 2010 census.
==History==
Fisk developed in the late 19th century along the Cairo, Arkansas, & Texas Railroad after it was extended west into Butler County, and was the site of several sawmills taking advantage of the virgin timber in the bottomlands along the St. Francis. Two of these were operated by a Samuel J. Fisk, who was also the local postmaster, and by 1900 the community had been named in his honor.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_butler.html</ref> The population peaked at over 500 in 1950, and since then has gradually declined.
==Geography==
Fisk is located on Missouri State Highway 51 on the west bank of the St. Francis River, which is also the boundary between Butler and [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard]] Counties. U.S. Route 60, which Highway 51 intersects with, passes just north of the town. It is about ten miles northeast of [[Poplar Bluff, Missouri|Poplar Bluff]], and 13 miles west of [[Dexter, Missouri|Dexter]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°46’56”N 90°12’22”W.
The city is located on the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It has a total area of 0.33 square miles, and an average elevation of 331 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]
==History==
Fisk developed in the late 19th century along the Cairo, Arkansas, & Texas Railroad after it was extended west into Butler County, and was the site of several sawmills taking advantage of the virgin timber in the bottomlands along the St. Francis. Two of these were operated by a Samuel J. Fisk, who was also the local postmaster, and by 1900 the community had been named in his honor.<ref>https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_butler.html</ref> The population peaked at over 500 in 1950, and since then has gradually declined.
==Geography==
Fisk is located on Missouri State Highway 51 on the west bank of the St. Francis River, which is also the boundary between Butler and [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard]] Counties. U.S. Route 60, which Highway 51 intersects with, passes just north of the town. It is about ten miles northeast of [[Poplar Bluff, Missouri|Poplar Bluff]], and 13 miles west of [[Dexter, Missouri|Dexter]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°46’56”N 90°12’22”W.
The city is located on the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It has a total area of 0.33 square miles, and an average elevation of 331 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]