New Wells, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
• Legal status: Unincorporated
• Name origin: Wels, Austria

Geography

• Located at the junction of Route C and Route CC east of Shawneetown
• Latitude: 37°33'22" N   (+37.5561)
• Longitude: 89°37'28" W   (-89.6244)
• Public Land Survey: T. 33 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 8
• Civil township: Shawnee

As the crow flies, New Wells is...

• 1.5 miles E of Shawneetown
• 3.9 miles N of Pocahontas
• 5.3 miles SE of Old Appleton
• 5.7 miles SW of Altenburg
• 5.8 miles S of Frohna
• 6.4 miles SE of Uniontown
• 6.6 miles W of Union Point, IL
• 6.6 miles N of Leemon
• 7.0 miles NE of Oak Ridge
• 17.6 miles N of Cape Girardeau
• 80.3 miles SE of St. Louis

History

Name origin

Named after Wels, Austria, the home city of the first settlers.