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Dunklin County, Missouri (view source)
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Dunklin County did not see significant growth until well after the [[Civil War]], when the swamplands were gradually drained and cleared for farming, and the arrival of railroads and the lumber industry brought a surge in population. Though many of these occupations have since declined, it remains one of the more populous counties in Southeast Missouri.
Dunklin County did not see significant growth until well after the [[Civil War]], when the swamplands were gradually drained and cleared for farming, and the arrival of railroads and the lumber industry brought a surge in population. Though many of these occupations have since declined, it remains one of the more populous counties in Southeast Missouri.
==Geography==
Dunklin County lies in far southeastern Missouri, making up the western portion of the so-called Bootheel. Its western boundary (except for a short overland section) is defined by the St. Francis River. Owing to the river's meandering course, the county has a vaguely hourglass shape; it has an east-west width of over 23 miles at its southern limit but less than 6 miles just north of Kennett. It is bordered on the west and south by the state of [[Arkansas]], on the east by Pemiscot County, on the northeast by New Madrid County, on the north by Stoddard County, and on the northwest by Butler County.
The county has a total area of 547.18 square miles, 541.07 of which are land and 6.11 of which are water.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt</ref> The northernmost part of Dunklin County is part of Crowley's Ridge, which enters from Stoddard County to the north and passes west of [[Malden, Missouri|Malden]] and [[Campbell, Missouri|Campbell]] before continuing across the St. Francis into Arkansas. The highest elevation in the county, about 534 feet above sea level, is located on the ridge about five miles northwest of Malden. The rest of the county is part of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, which is very flat and low-lying, though a few small sand ridges do run across it from north to south. Its lowest elevation (which is also the lowest elevation in the state of Missouri) is about 230 feet, along the St. Francis near [[Cardwell, Missouri|Cardwell]].<ref>https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=22233</ref>
The major highways in the county are U.S. Route 62, which crosses through the northern section, passing through Campbell and Malden, and U.S. Route 412, which enters the county in the southwest near Cardwell, runs northeast to Kennett, then continues east into Pemiscot County. Missouri State Highway 25, which begins at Kennett and runs north into Stoddard County, is also an important route.
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