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==Points of Interest==
==Points of Interest==
[[File:Hunter-Dawson_mansion.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site]]
The most famous site in New Madrid is the Hunter-Dawson Home State Historic Site, located a short distance north of downtown near the intersection of First Street and Dawson Road. It was built by William Washington Hunter, who moved to the area from [[Virginia]] about 1830 and became a successful businessman, later building the antebellum mansion for his family (the "Dawson" derives from Hunter's son-in-law, William Dawson, who served in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] in the 1880s). It was donated to the state as a historic site in 1967, and stands today as one of Missouri's best-preserved relics of the antebellum South.<ref>https://mostateparks.com/page/54972/general-information</ref>
The most famous site in New Madrid is the Hunter-Dawson Home State Historic Site, located a short distance north of downtown near the intersection of First Street and Dawson Road. It was built by William Washington Hunter, who moved to the area from [[Virginia]] about 1830 and became a successful businessman, later building the antebellum mansion for his family (the "Dawson" derives from Hunter's son-in-law, William Dawson, who served in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] in the 1880s). It was donated to the state as a historic site in 1967, and stands today as one of Missouri's best-preserved relics of the antebellum South.<ref>https://mostateparks.com/page/54972/general-information</ref>