Gideon, Missouri

Overview

• Location: New Madrid County, Missouri
• Legal status: Fourth-class city
• Population: 1,113 (Change since 1990: +0.8%)
• Founded: ca. 1901
• Name origin: F. E. Gideon

Geography

• Located at intersection MO 153 and MO 162
• Latitude: 36°27'17" N   (+36.4548)
• Longitude: 89°55'07" W   (-89.9187)
• Elevation: 269 feet above sea level
• Civil township: Anderson
• Land area: 1.8 square miles

As the crow flies, Gideon is...

• 2.7 miles E of Clarkton
• 4.1 miles SW of Hartzell
• 4.1 miles SE of McGuire
• 4.7 miles E of Baird
• 5.2 miles SE of Providence
• 6.2 miles NW of Frailie
• 6.2 miles N of Peach Orchard
• 6.6 miles SW of Tallapoosa
• 6.8 miles NE of Holcomb
• 7.7 miles NE of Pine City
• 62.5 miles S of Cape Girardeau
• 150.8 miles S of St. Louis

History

Name origin

Named after F. E. Gideon of Ohio, one of the town founders

Demographics