- Location: Dunklin County, Missouri
- Legal status: Fourth-class city
- Population: 1,883 (Change since 1990: -13.0%)
- Founded: 1882
- Previously known as: Four Mile
- Located at the intersection US 62 and MO 53 southwest of Malden
- Latitude: 36°29'34" N (+36.4927)
- Longitude: 90°04'24" W (-90.0733)
- Public Land Survey: T. 21 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 3-4
- Civil township: Union
- Land area: 1.3 square miles
As the crow flies, Campbell is...
Previous names
The town was originally located two miles to the north
at Four Mile, named because it was four miles away from
the ferry across the St. Francis River at Chalk Bluff, Arkansas.
Timeline
- 1855
- Post office opened in community of Four Mile.
- ca. 1881
- Railroad built two miles south of Four Mile.
- 1882
- Residents of Four Mile relocated to the newly founded town of Campbell along the railroad.
- 1882
- Post office in Four Mile closed and moved to Campbell.
- 1892
- Campbell incorporated.
| Year | Population | Percent change |
|---|
| 1900 | 737 | -- |
| 1910 | 1,781 | +141.7% |
| 1920 | 2,025 | +13.7% |
| 1930 | 1,592 | -21.4% |
| 1940 | 1,786 | +12.2% |
| 1950 | 1,931 | +8.1% |
| 1960 | 1,964 | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 1,979 | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 2,134 | +7.8% |
| 1990 | 2,165 | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 1,883 | -13.0% |