Dunklin County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 33,155 (Change since 1990: +0.1%)
• Created: February 14, 1845
• County seat: Kennett
• Largest town: Kennett (Pop. 11,260)
• Name origin: Daniel Dunklin

Populated Places

• Arbyrd (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 528 (Change since 1990: -11.6%)
  • Located on MO 164 and MO 108
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°03'02" N, 90°14'20" W
  • Name origin: Mr. A. R. Byrd
• Arkmo (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 108 at the Arkansas State Line
  • USGS Quad: Manila North
  • Concatenation of Arkansas and Missouri
• Austin (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection of Route A and Route T north of Senath
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°09'39" N, 90°09'33" W
  • Survey: T. 18 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 259
  • Civil township: Salem
  • USGS Quad: Senath
• Baird (Unincorporated)
  • Located on a county road between Gibson and Clarkton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°26'51" N, 90°00'13" W
  • Survey: T. 21 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 20
  • Civil township: Freeborn
  • School district: Clarkton C-4
  • USGS Quad: Campbell
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Bark Camp (Historical)
  • Located west of Kennett near St. Francis River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°15'09" N, 90°05'20" W
  • Elevation: 266
  • Civil township: Independence
  • USGS Quad: Kennett North (Not shown)
  • Station on Frisco Railroad between Kennett and Piggott, Arkansas
• Bethany (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Crowleys Ridge northwest of Malden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°36'42" N, 90°04'09" W
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Malden R-1
  • USGS Quad: Valley Ridge
• Bowie Corner (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the end of Route ZZ
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°07'57" N, 90°00'17" W
  • Survey: T. 17 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 8
  • Elevation: 246
  • Civil township: Clay
  • School district: Delta C-7
  • USGS Quad: Kennett South
• Branums Point (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Branum
  • Located near the Arkansas border south of Hornersville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°00'03" N, 90°06'34" W
  • Survey: T. 16 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 29
  • Elevation: 239
  • Civil township: Clay
  • USGS Quad: Hornersville (Not shown)
• Brian (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Bryan
  • Located on a county road west of Route H and south of the Stoddard County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°36'24" N, 90°05'35" W
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Campbell R-2
  • USGS Quad: Valley Ridge (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1918, 1928 Frisco (Bryan), and 1930 Frisco (Bryan)
• Buck Donic (Unincorporated)
  • Located on US 412 west of Cardwell
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°02'23" N, 90°19'33" W
  • Survey: T. 16 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 8
  • Civil township: Buffalo
  • School district: Southland C-9
  • USGS Quad: Cardwell
• Bucoda (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Byrds
  • Located at intersection US 412, Route V, and Route N
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°05'24" N, 90°12'51" W
  • Survey: T. 17 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 20
  • Civil township: Salem
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Arbyrd
  • Maps: 1897 Galbraith (Byrds), 1902 (Bucoda), 1904 McNally (Bucoda Sta. or Byrds P.O.), 1911 (Byrds), 1928 Frisco (Bucoda), and MoDOT
• Caligoa (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 108 north of Glennonville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°36'05" N, 90°09'01" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 36
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Campbell R-2
  • USGS Quad: Glennonville
• Campbell (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,883 (Change since 1990: -13.0%)
  • Located at the intersection US 62 and MO 53 southwest of Malden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°29'34" N, 90°04'24" W
  • Founded: 1882
• Cardwell (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 789 (Change since 1990: -0.4%)
  • Located at intersection MO 164 and Route V near US 412
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°02'50" N, 90°17'33" W
• Caruth (Unincorporated)
  • Formerly incorporated with a 1970 (or 1980?) population of 60 and a land area of about four square miles(!)
  • Located at the intersection of Route P and Route Y
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°08'03" N, 90°05'12" W
  • Civil township: Clay
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Kennett South
  • Map: 1886
• Clarkton (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,330 (Change since 1990: +19.5%)
  • Located at the intersection of MO 25 and MO 162 south of Malden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°27'03" N, 89°58'04" W
  • Name origin: Henry E. Clark
  • Founded: ca. 1860
• Cockrum (Historical)
  • Goodspeed mentions that a Pleasant Cockrum settled here in the 1830s.
  • Located along Route F southwest of Cardwell
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°00'40" N, 90°20'17" W
  • Survey: T. 16 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 19-20
  • Elevation: 245
  • Civil township: Buffalo
  • USGS Quad: Cardwell (Benchmark shown)
  • Maps: 1895 McNally and 1897 McNally
• Cooks Farm (Historical)
  • Located on Route CC west of Dillman
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°11'11" N, 90°06'52" W
  • Survey: T. 18 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 261
  • Civil township: Salem
  • USGS Quad: Kennett South
• Cotton Plant (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection MO 164, Route N, and Route Y
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°05'24" N, 90°05'28" W
  • Survey: T. 17 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 21
  • Civil township: Clay
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Hornersville
  • Founded: by Judge Langson
  • Map: 1886
• Deer Land (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the end of Route UU southeast of Kennett
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°09'41" N, 90°00'15" W
  • Survey: T. 18 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 29
  • Civil township: Independence
  • School district: Delta C-7
  • USGS Quad: Kennett South
• Dillman (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Dillmans Mill
  • Located at intersection US 412 and Route CC
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°11'05" N, 90°06'17" W
  • Survey: T. 18 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 261
  • Civil township: Independence
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Kennett South
  • Station on the Leachville Line
  • Maps: 1928 Frisco and 1930 Frisco
• Europa (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route C and Route N
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°05'24" N, 90°10'39" W
  • Civil township: Salem
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Arbyrd
• Frisbee (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection MO 25 and CR 410 between Whiteoak and Holcomb
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°21'00" N, 90°01'43" W
  • Survey: T. 20 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 30
  • Civil township: Holcomb
  • School district: Holcomb R-3
  • USGS Quad: Kennett North
• Geneva (Unincorporated)
  • Located somewhere east of Paulding
• Gibson (Historical)
  • Formerly incorporated with a 1970 population of 75
  • Located on MO 53 between Holcomb and Campbell
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°26'28" N, 90°01'51" W
  • Survey: T. 21 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 19
  • Civil township: Holcomb
  • USGS Quad: Campbell
• Gilbert (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route TT east of Hornersville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°01'59" N, 90°02'34" W
  • Survey: T. 16 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 11
  • Civil township: Clay
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Hornersville
• Glennonville (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route JJ near the northwest corner of the county.
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°34'51" N, 90°09'20" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 1-2
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Campbell R-2
  • USGS Quad: Glennonville
• Hargrove (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection CR 601 and CR 614 northeast of Cardwell
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°03'57" N, 90°19'13" W
  • Survey: T. 17 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 32
  • Civil township: Buffalo
  • School district: Southland C-9
  • USGS Quad: Cardwell
• Hasty (Historical)
  • Located somewhere southwest of Senath
  • Map: 1897 McNally
• Hickory Junction (Historical)
  • Located between Gobler and Rives
  • Station on the Deering Southwestern Line
• Holcomb (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 696 (Change since 1990: +31.1%)
  • Located at the intersection of MO 25 and MO 53
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°24'10" N, 90°01'23" W
  • Name origin: Lewis Holcomb
• Hollywood (Unincorporated)
  • Formerly incorporated with a 1970 population of 86
  • Located near MO 164 between Arbyrd and Hornersville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°03'15" N, 90°11'10" W
  • Survey: T. 16 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 3
  • Civil township: Salem
  • School district: Southland C-9
  • USGS Quad: Arbyrd
• Holmes Place (Historical)
  • Located near end of a county road northwest of Wilhemina
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°32'19" N, 90°11'36" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 21
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Glennonville
• Hornersville (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 686 (Change since 1990: +9.1%)
  • Located on MO 164 between Arbyrd and Cotton Plant
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°02'29" N, 90°06'48" W
  • Name origin: William Harrison Horner
  • Founded: ca. 1840 by William H. Horner
• Hornersville Junction (Unincorporated)
  • Located across The Floodway from Hornersville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°02'23" N, 90°05'01" W
  • Survey: T. 16 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 9
  • Civil township: Clay
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Hornersville
• Huckin (Historical)
  • Located between Hornersville and Rives
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°04'24" N, 90°02'39" W
  • Survey: T. 17 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 247
  • Civil township: Clay
  • USGS Quad: Hornersville (Not shown)
• Ipley (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Shipley
  • Located on MO 25 between Kennett and Whiteoak
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°17'41" N, 90°01'43" W
  • Survey: T. 19 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 18
  • Civil township: Independence
  • School district: Holcomb R-3
  • USGS Quad: Kennett North
  • Maps: 1904 McNally (Shipley) and 1930 Frisco
• Irl (Historical)
  • Located just southwest of Kennett
  • Station on the Frisco Leachville Line
• Johnson Mill (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Johnsons
  • Located on county road just west of Route CC
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°11'08" N, 90°07'53" W
  • Survey: T. 18 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 19
  • Elevation: 263
  • Civil township: Salem
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Senath
  • Station on Leachville Line northeast of Senath
  • Map: 1904 McNally (Johnsons)
• Kennett (Third-class city)
  • Population: 11,260 (Change since 1990: +2.9%)
  • Located near US 412, MO 84, and MO 25
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°14'17" N, 90°03'06" W
  • Name origin: Luther M. Kennett
  • Founded: ca. 1846
• Kirk (Unincorporated)
  • Located on county road just east of Route U along the Little River Floodway
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°15'15" N, 89°58'15" W
  • Survey: T. 19 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 27
  • Civil township: Independence
  • School district: Holcomb R-3
  • USGS Quad: Bragg City
• Leachville Junction (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°02'47" N, 90°06'35" W
  • Civil township: Clay
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Hornersville
• Lone Pine (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Lone Pine Tree
  • Located somewhere between Kennett and Clarkton. Might be old name for Pine City
  • Map: 1878
• Lulu (Historical)
  • Located somewhere south of Senath
• Mackeys (Historical)
  • Located northeast of Kennett
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°14'55" N, 89°59'43" W
  • Survey: T. 18 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 32
  • Elevation: 258
  • Civil township: Independence
  • USGS Quad: Deering (Benchmark shown)
  • Station on Frisco Caruthersville Branch between Kennett and Kirk
• Malden (Third-class city)
  • Population: 4,782 (Change since 1990: -6.7%)
  • Located near the intersection of US 62 and MO 25
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°34'19" N, 89°58'16" W
  • Name origin: A dream
  • Founded: 1877 by Major George B. Clark
• Manley (Historical)
  • Located north of Whiteoak
  • Station and post office on Frisco Leachville Line between Holcomb and Whiteoak
• McGuire (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: McGuires
  • Located at the southern intersection of US 62 and MO 25
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°29'53" N, 89°58'14" W
  • Survey: T. 21 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 34
  • Civil township: Freeborn
  • School district: Clarkton C-4
  • USGS Quad: Gideon
• Moark (Historical)
  • Located southeast of Holcomb
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°22'57" N, 89°59'20" W
  • Elevation: 281
  • Civil township: Freeborn
  • USGS Quad: Gideon
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1912
• Octa (Unincorporated)
  • Located near intersections of US 412, Route T, and Route CC
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°10'16" N, 90°07'23" W
  • Survey: T. 18 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 29-30
  • Civil township: Salem
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Kennett South
• Page (Historical)
  • Located north of Clarkton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°29'10" N, 89°58'14" W
  • Survey: T. 21 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 282
  • Civil township: Freeborn
  • USGS Quad: Gideon (Not shown)
  • Station on Malden Branch railroad between Clarkton and McGuire
• Paulding (Unincorporated)
  • Located near CR 626 east of MO 108
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°00'49" N, 90°14'10" W
  • Survey: T. 16 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 19
  • Civil township: Salem
  • School district: Southland C-9
  • USGS Quad: Arbyrd
• Phillips (Historical)
  • Located north of Malden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°35'06" N, 89°58'06" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 295
  • Civil township: Cotton Hill
  • USGS Quad: Malden (Not shown)
  • Station on Cotton Belt Illmo Branch Between Malden and Townley
• Pine City (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 25 south of Holcomb
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°22'57" N, 90°01'26" W
  • Survey: T. 20 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 18
  • Civil township: Holcomb
  • School district: Holcomb R-3
  • USGS Quad: Campbell
• Providence (Unincorporated)
  • Located on US 62/MO 25 south of Malden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°30'59" N, 89°58'18" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 27
  • Civil township: Cotton Hill
  • School district: Clarkton C-4
  • USGS Quad: Malden
• Rington (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 639 right on the Arkansas border
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°59'52" N, 90°11'07" W
  • Survey: T. 16 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 239
  • Civil township: Clay
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Manila North
• Riverside (Unincorporated)
  • Located at junction US 412 and Route AC near the St. Francis River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°02'33" N, 90°20'14" W
  • Survey: T. 16 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 8
  • Civil township: Buffalo
  • School district: Southland C-9
  • USGS Quad: Cardwell
• Rives (Village)
  • The incorporation for Rives apparently lapsed sometime after 1970 and was restored Aug. 6, 1991
  • Population: 89 (1990 census)
  • Located along Route PP just off MO 164
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°05'37" N, 90°00'48" W
• Sandfield (Historical)
  • Located on railroad spur south of Campbell
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°26'25" N, 90°04'38" W
  • Elevation: 281
  • Civil township: Holcomb
  • USGS Quad: Campbell (Not shown)
• Scobeville (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route Y and CR 555 south of Kennett
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°11'07" N, 90°04'28" W
  • Survey: T. 18 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 22
  • Civil township: Independence
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Kennett South
• Senath (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,650 (Change since 1990: +1.7%)
  • Located on US 412 at Route A and Route P
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°07'60" N, 90°09'36" W
  • Name origin: Mrs. Senath Douglass
• Seven Mile (Historical)
  • Located west of Whiteoak near St. Francis River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°19'35" N, 90°04'20" W
  • Elevation: 275
  • Civil township: Holcomb
  • USGS Quad: Kennett North (Not shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Sommers (Historical)
  • Located north of Phillips near the Stoddard County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°32'27" N, 89°58'04" W
  • Elevation: 299
  • Civil township: Cotton Hill
  • USGS Quad: Malden (Not shown)
• Sumach (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 153 between the intersections with Routes EE and HH, southeast of Whiteoak
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°19'26" N, 89°59'29" W
  • Survey: T. 19 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 4
  • Elevation: 267
  • Civil township: Independence
  • School district: Holcomb R-3
  • USGS Quad: Bragg City (Benchmark shown)
• Sunrise (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route TT south of MO 164
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°03'37" N, 90°01'50" W
  • Survey: T. 17 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 244
  • Civil township: Clay
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Hornersville
• Townley (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection MO 25 and Route D north of Malden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°36'60" N, 89°58'11" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 22
  • Civil township: Cotton Hill
  • School district: Malden R-1
  • USGS Quad: Malden
• Valley Ridge (Unincorporated)
  • Located near western intersection of Route J and Route H
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°33'53" N, 90°05'01" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 9
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Campbell R-2
  • USGS Quad: Valley Ridge
  • Station on Frisco Bloomfield Branch north of Campbell
• Vincit (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route Y between Scobeville and Caruth
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°09'57" N, 90°04'09" W
  • Survey: T. 18 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 26
  • Civil township: Independence
  • School district: Senath-Hornersville C-8
  • USGS Quad: Kennett South
• Whiteoak (Village)
  • It's not clear whether Whiteoak is still incorporated or what the current population is
  • Located at junction MO 25 and MO 153 between Kennett and Holcomb
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°19'49" N, 90°01'40" W
• Wilhelmina (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route DD northwest of Campbell
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°30'53" N, 90°10'57" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 27
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Campbell R-2
  • USGS Quad: Glennonville
• Wrightsville (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Wrightville
  • Located northwest of Clarkton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°28'23" N, 89°59'45" W
  • Survey: T. 21 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 8
  • Elevation: 281
  • Civil township: Freeborn
  • USGS Quad: Gideon (Not labeled, but does show cluster of houses near Oak Grove Church)
  • Maps: 1895 McNally, 1897 Galbraith, and 1904 McNally
• Ziegler (Historical)
  • Located north of Valley Ridge
  • Maps: 1928 Frisco and 1930 Frisco

History

Name origin

Named for Daniel Dunklin, Missouri governor.

Demographics