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|country =United States
|state =Missouri
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|settled =1859
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|population =7,081 (2010 census)
|area =7.90 mi²
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|mayor =Dennis Watz
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'''Sullivan''' is a city located on Interstate 44 in [[Crawford County, Missouri|Crawford]] and Franklin Counties, Missouri, about 60 miles southwest of [[St. Louis]]. It had a population of 7,081 at the 2010 census.
'''Sullivan''' is a city located on Interstate 44 in [[Crawford County, Missouri|Crawford]] and Franklin Counties, Missouri, about 60 miles southwest of [[St. Louis]]. It had a population of 7,081 at the 2010 census.
The city also has one private institution, St. Anthony Catholic School, serving grades PK-8.
The city also has one private institution, St. Anthony Catholic School, serving grades PK-8.
==Points of Interest==
One of the largest draws to the Sullivan area is the Meramec River and its accompanying state park, which includes over 40 caves with tours available, an old ironworks, and several surviving structures built by the CCC during the New Deal.<ref>https://mostateparks.com//park/meramec-state-park</ref> Another notable site is the Harney Summer House, built in the 1850s by Major General William S. Harney of the U.S. Army, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.<ref>http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/85002144.pdf</ref>
A major center of recreation in Sullivan itself is the city park, which includes a skating rink and swimming pool; it was named for Jim Bottomley (1900-1959), a [[Major League Baseball]] player who spent the latter part of his life in the area.
==References==
==References==