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After the war, Charleston grew rapidly as settlement of the region increased. More businesses moved in, a second rail line being added, and for a time it was the headquarters of the Southeast Missouri Telephone Company. A 1912 account described the town as "one of the most pleasantly situated in Southeast Missouri....distinguished on account of its interest in churches and school system."<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA392#v=onepage&q=charleston&f=false</ref> Though its prosperity has declined in recent decades, Charleston is still notable for the beauty of its downtown and its many fine homes.
After the war, Charleston grew rapidly as settlement of the region increased. More businesses moved in, a second rail line being added, and for a time it was the headquarters of the Southeast Missouri Telephone Company. A 1912 account described the town as "one of the most pleasantly situated in Southeast Missouri....distinguished on account of its interest in churches and school system."<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA392#v=onepage&q=charleston&f=false</ref> Though its prosperity has declined in recent decades, Charleston is still notable for the beauty of its downtown and its many fine homes.
==Geography==
Charleston is located in north-central Mississippi County, about 12 miles east of Sikeston and 14 miles west of Cairo and the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Its exact coordinates are 36°55’17”N, 89°20’47”W.
The city has a total area of 4.86 square miles, and an average elevation of 322 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> It sits on a sandy "ridge" about five to ten feet higher than the land to the south and east, making it an attractive place for settlers in the 19th century.
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