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Matthews is a city in northern New Madrid County, Missouri. It had a population of 628 at the 2010 census.
History
Matthews was named for C. D. Matthews, a settler who lived in the area from the 1870s onward. A community developed on the site following the building of a branch line of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad near the turn of the century, and it was used as a shipping station for the Scott County Milling Company of Sikeston for several years. A post office was established by 1904.[1]
Geography
Matthews is located near the intersection of U.S. Route 62 and Missouri State Highway 80 in northern New Madrid County, about eight miles south of Sikeston and twelve miles north of New Madrid. Its exact coordinates are 36°45’28”N 89°35’12”W. Interstate 55 runs about one mile to the east.
The city mostly lies on Sikeston Ridge, a low north-south sand ridge that stretches from Sikeston to New Madrid. It has a total land area of 1.96 square miles, and an average elevation of 312 feet.[2]