Dutchtown, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
• Legal status: Village
• Population: 99 (2000 census)
• Founded: ca. 1860 by Peter Held
• Previously known as: Hendricksville

Incorporated as a village on February 20, 1998.

Geography

• Located at the intersection of MO 25 and MO 74 south of Gordonville
• Latitude: 37°15'10" N   (+37.2528)
• Longitude: 89°39'35" W   (-89.6597)
• Civil township: Byrd
• Land area: 0.49 square miles (316.7 acres)

As the crow flies, Dutchtown is...

• 2.0 miles N of Blomeyer
• 2.4 miles NW of Nash
• 3.7 miles N of Rockview
• 4.2 miles S of Gordonville
• 5.0 miles N of Chaffee
• 5.6 miles NE of Allenville
• 5.8 miles NE of Delta
• 7.0 miles SE of Tilsit
• 7.1 miles NW of Kelso
• 7.3 miles SW of Cape Girardeau
• 99.3 miles S of St. Louis

History

Timeline

ca. 1860

Hendricksville founded

ca. 1870

Post office changed names from Hendricksville to Dutchtown

Feb. 20, 1998

Dutchtown incorporated

Demographics