Fredericktown, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Madison County, Missouri
• Legal status: Fourth-class city
• Population: 3,928 (Change since 1990: -0.6%)
• Founded: 1814 by Col. Nathaniel Cook
• Name origin: Col. George Frederick Bollinger
• Previously known as: St. Michael's Village
• Alternate name: Frederickton

Geography

• Latitude: 37°33'34" N   (+37.5594)
• Longitude: 90°17'40" W   (-90.2945)
• Elevation: 743 feet above sea level
• Civil township: St. Michael
• Land area: 4.3 square miles
• Water area: 0.14 square miles (90.6 acres)

As the crow flies, Fredericktown is...

• 0.8 miles SW of Junction City
• 1.0 miles N of Cobalt City
• 1.9 miles SE of Catherine Place
• 2.4 miles NE of Millcreek
• 3.9 miles S of Mine La Motte
• 4.9 miles N of Cherokee Pass
• 6.0 miles NW of Cornwall
• 6.0 miles NE of Creek Nation
• 7.3 miles W of Higdon
• 8.9 miles SE of Knob Lick
• 44.5 miles NW of Cape Girardeau
• 73.9 miles S of St. Louis

History

Name origin

Named for Col. George Frederick Bollinger, a prominent settler in Cape Girardeau County and a good friend of town founder Nathaniel Cook.

Timeline

1799

St. Michael's Village settled between Saline and Village Creek.

Jun. 1814

Saline Creek flooded, wiping out the settlement.

1814

Settlers moved to higher ground south of Saline Creek owned by Col. Nathaniel Cook.

1827

Fredericktown incorporated

Demographics