Puxico, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Stoddard County, Missouri
• Legal status: Fourth-class city
• Population: 1,145 (Change since 1990: +39.8%)
• Founded: 1883
• Name origin: Chief Pucksekaw

Geography

• Located at the intersection of MO 51 and Route PP
• Latitude: 36°57'02" N   (+36.9505)
• Longitude: 90°09'31" W   (-90.1586)
• Elevation: 370 feet above sea level
• Public Land Survey: T. 27 N., R. 8 E., Secs. 26 and 35
• Civil township: Duck Creek
• Land area: 0.55 square miles (350.7 acres)

As the crow flies, Puxico is...

• 3.6 miles SW of Hickman
• 3.8 miles NE of Cobb
• 3.9 miles NE of Asherville
• 4.7 miles SW of Idlewild
• 5.8 miles W of Curdton
• 6.1 miles E of Iron Bridge
• 6.1 miles NW of Acorn Ridge
• 6.3 miles E of Wappapello
• 6.3 miles SW of Kinder
• 7.3 miles NE of Moccasin Flats
• 41.8 miles SW of Cape Girardeau
• 115.8 miles S of St. Louis

History

Name origin

Probably named for Pucksekaw, a young Indian chief living in the Shawnee village near Bloomfield

Timeline

1883

Puxico founded

1884

Puxico incorporated as a village

Demographics