Sikeston, Missouri Sikeston, Missouri Location of Sikeston, Missouri Location of Sikeston, Missouri Sikeston / sa kst n/ is a town/city located both in southern Scott County and northern New Madrid County, in the U.S.
It is situated just north of the "Missouri Bootheel", although many locals consider Sikeston a part of it.
It is the principal town/city of the Sikeston Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of all of Scott County, and has a total populace of 41,143.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 16,318, making it the fourth-most crowded city in Missouri's 8th Congressional precinct (map) behind Cape Girardeau, Rolla, and Poplar Bluff and just ahead of Farmington.
Sikeston is positioned at 36 52 46 N 89 35 7 W (36.879570, -89.585172). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 17.48 square miles (45.27 km2), of which 17.32 square miles (44.86 km2) is territory and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) is water. The town/city is situated upon the Sikeston Ridge which runs north and south from 10 miles (16 km) north of Sikeston through New Madrid.
In the 1920s, the Little River Drainage District was formed to drain the low territory area west of the Sikeston Ridge.
The primary reported ancestries in Sikeston are 17.1% American, 11.8% German, 11.5% Irish, 6.8% English, 2.9% French, and 1.5% Scotch-Irish.
In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto may have stood upon the Sikeston Ridge, although some historical references dispute this, believing that he traveled further south than Sikeston.
In 1814, the village of Winchester was laid out about one-half a mile south of the future site of Sikeston.
The territory for the town/city of Sikeston was first owned by Frenchman Francis Paquette.
In the town/city of New Madrid, the street was known as Big Prairie Road, and later as Sikeston Road after the town/city of Sikeston was established. Highway 61, serves Sikeston as a major north south street.
Sikeston's downtown region includes Malone Park, the city's earliest park, and the historic First Methodist Church columns.
The first home in Sikeston is believed to have been positioned at 318 Baker Lane.
Although Sikeston was a small village amid the Civil War, its position at the barns and highway intersection gave it strategic significance.
In preparation for this advance, Confederate General Jeff Thompson gathered Missouri state troops and irregulars near Sikeston; he robbed a bank in close-by Charleston to pay men and buy arms and supplies.
Legend has it that he hid part of his cash in Sikeston under one of the oak trees at the corner of New Madrid Street and Kingshighway.
In the fall of 1861, General Pillow pushed a column of troops from New Madrid towards Sikeston and Cape Girardeau.
On October 4, Confederate General Jeff Thompson reached Sikeston, planning to strike Cape Girardeau; however, his manpower was limited, and he decided to retreat into the swamps off to the west.
Oglesby, commander of the Union Headquarters District Southeast Missouri at Bird's Point, ordering his troops to "strike for Sikeston" from the Mississippi River town of Commerce.
Wallace also converged in the Sikeston region in preparation of Grant's attack at the Battle of Belmont.
In 1862, Sikeston was used as a transit connection as Union Brigadier General Pope sent his artillery athwart the river to Commerce, Missouri, to be sent by rail to Sikeston for cart transit to New Madrid, in preparation for the Battle of Island Number Ten.
The federals were attacked just south of Sikeston by a small group of rebels led by General Thompson (he was called the Swamp Fox, a nickname after the Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion).
Entering the region from Bird's Point, Brigadier General Eleazor Arthur Paine, commander of the 4th Division of Army of the Mississippi, repaired the barns and telegraph lines and used troops from Illinois to form a garrison for Sikeston, Bertrand, and Charleston.
War records indicate that on March 31, 1862, there were six Union officers and 143 Union soldiers present in Sikeston.
On September 22, 1864, amid Price's Raid, a Confederate force of 1,500 men near Sikeston, under the command of Colonel William Lafayette Jeffers, attacked Captain Lewis Sells' business of Union soldiers who were moving from Cape Girardeau to reinforce two companies of soldiers in Bloomfield. By 1900, Sikeston had a populace of 1,100, and two drainage ditches had been completed.
During World War I, an infantry business was organized in Sikeston on August 25, 1917 until the spring of 1919.
In 1920, American Legion Post 114 was chartered for the improve of Sikeston and titled after Henry Meldrun, a Sikeston native who was killed in Europe amid World War I. Between the two world wars, Company K was reorganized.
Sikeston-area students helped raise cash to have three B-25 bomber titled the Spirit of Sikeston, "the Sikeston Bulldog", and one other.
In 2000, the remains of Mason Yarbrough, a Sikeston native and World War II marine, were found in the Pacific region on Makin Island and returned to his hometown for a military funeral.
Sikeston is home to the Missouri National Guard unit Company C 1140th Engineer Battalion, which took part in Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2004 until February 2005.
On May 6, 1933, Robert Wadlow, tallest known person in history, visited Sikeston as his size 32 shoes were made at the Sikeston International Shoe Company plant. President Bill Clinton, died outside Sikeston on U.S.
On April 1, 1965, Ronald Reagan was the guest speaker for the Sikeston Chamber of Commerce's annual banquet and was presented an "Honorary Cotton Picker of Southeast Missouri" plaque, perhaps as part of an April Fools' Day joke. Bock, visited Sikeston to speak to American Legion Post 114.
In 1942, the last lynching in Missouri took place in Sikeston.
Around 1965, Sikeston was the locale where Dr.
In 1968, Sikeston became the locale for the first Wal-Mart store assembled outside of Arkansas along with a store in Claremore, Oklahoma. The Sikeston Wal-Mart is known as Store #9 while the store in Claremore is known as Store #12. Sam Walton was known for visiting the Sikeston store a several times a month by flying his aircraft into the Sikeston Municipal Airport.
On May 15, 1986, a tornado hit the town/city of Sikeston and finished about 100 homes, prompting former Governor John Ashcroft to visit and call on the National Guard for assistance.
On January 26 27, 2009, the town/city of Sikeston and the encircling area were hit with a devastating ice storm, the January 2009 Central Plains and Midwest ice storm.
The Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo has been held around the first of August for over 50 years.
Sikeston Bulls is a minor league baseball team and part of the collegiate wood bat KIT League, which consists of squads from Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois.
Although inactive in 2008, the team returned to Sikeston in 2009.
Sikeston Factory Outlet Stores is positioned at Exit 67 off I-55, one mile north of the I-55 / I-57 interchange positioned in the town/city of Miner, Mo.
The Depot Museum exhibits the history of Sikeston and Southeast Missouri through permanent and rotating displays.
Veterans' Park - is a 4.8-acre (19,000 m2) park dedicated to the men and women from Sikeston and other communities in Southeast Missouri who have served their nation in war.
Names of Sikeston region veterans are inscribed in the brick walk dominant from the parking lot to the memorial.
SEMO Raceway and Sikeston Race Park.
Sikeston's YMCA has broken ground on an $8 million renovation campaign, which includes an indoor pool.
Sikeston's Park fitness includes 14 parks.
The biggest park, the Sikeston Recreation Complex, features a fishing lake, picnic shelters and playground equipment.
Parks include Armory Park, Central Park, Clayton Park, Dudley Park, American Legion Park, Malone Park, Mary Lou Montgomery Park, R.S.
Matthews Park, Roberta Rowe West End Park, Rotary Park, Sikeston Recreation Complex, and Veterans Park.
The Sikeston Depot town/city exhibition Sikeston's American Legion-sponsored Cotton Carnival and Parade began in 1944 as a homecoming to some World War II veterans.
In addition, the Sikeston Missouri Arts Council and the Sikeston Art League offer improve concerts, cultural performances and art shows throughout the year.
Some of the early Sikeston churches and those with their beginning dates include the following: Sikeston First United Pentecostal Church Smith Chapel United Methodist Church (1923; 1938 Sikeston location) Missouri Delta Medical Center was established in Sikeston in 1948.
Of all inhabitants in Sikeston who are 25 years of age and older, 73.3% hold a high school diploma or higher as their highest educational attainment; 14.2% possess a bachelor's degree or higher; 5.0% hold a graduate or experienced degree; and 26.7% have less than a high school diploma.
Main article: Sikeston School District Sikeston Senior High School.
Sikeston High School's mascot is the Bulldog and the school colors are red and black.
The Bulldogs of Sikeston were the first high school football team in Missouri to record 400 all-time victories.
In the fall of 2009, the Sikeston Bulldog football team shattered records amid a 13-1 season.
Sikeston ended its season, losing in the state semifinals to Jefferson City Helias, one step short of the Class 4 State Championship game.
It was the first state title for Sikeston in boys basketball, as well as the first undefeated season in school history.
Main article: Sikeston High School The Scott County Central School District is positioned five miles (8 km) north of Sikeston on U.S.
According to the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education, there is one elementary school and one merged junior-senior high school in the district.
During the 2008 2009 school year, there was a total of 348 students and 49 certified staff members enrolled in the Scott County Central School District.
The high school won 15 boys state basketball championships between 1976 and 2011 the most such championships of any school in the state.
Sikeston has three private schools that serve both the educational and theological needs of students and their families.
In 1892, a small-town high school known as the "Methodist College" was established by the Sikeston Methodist Episcopal Church.
Southeast Missouri State University-Sikeston, a satellite ground of Southeast Missouri State University positioned in Cape Girardeau.
Boardman School (1912 c.1925) was positioned near State Highway H and Scott County Highway 529, merged with Blodgett.
Chaney School (c.1912 c.1948) was positioned on State Highway HH a mile from U.S.
Claypool School (1910 c.1921) was positioned at the corner of Scott County Highway 448 and Scott County Highway 405, combined by Blodgett around 1922.
Crowder School (1901 c.1950) was positioned near the improve of Crowder on State Highway Z.
Dunaver School (c.1912 c.1952) was positioned at the corner of Scott County Highway 541 and U.S.
Greer School (c.1912 c.1950) was positioned about 1 mile from State Highway BB, combined by Sikeston around 1946.
Lemons School (1909 c.1952) was positioned near Scott County Highway 511 and Scott County Highway 506.
Lennox School (c.1916 c.1953) was positioned at the corner of Scott County Highway 450 and Scott County Highway 453.
Mc - Mullin School (c.1912 c.1953) was positioned on Scott County Highway 450 near U.S.
Morehouse High School combined by Sikeston around 1968. Mounds School (c.1911 c.1921) was positioned at the corner of State Highway O and Scott County Highway 530, combined by Diehlstadt in 1922.
Tanner School (c.1909 c.1949) was positioned near the improve of Tanner until it burned in 1947 and was merged with Sikeston around 1948.
White Oak School (1909 1921) was positioned on Scott County Highway 524, combined by Blodgett in 1922. The Sikeston Standard Democrat is Sikeston's daily newspaper.
Previous Sikeston newspapers have encompassed The Sikeston Star which was established in 1884; The Sikeston Herald, a Democrat or left-leaning Republican journal established in 1903 or perhaps 1900; The Scott County Democrat and The Enterprise which was established in 1883 and eventually became known as The Dexter Statesman; and Delta Metro, a weekly news magazine, which was presented from 1975 until 1977.
The Sikeston High School journal is known as The Bulldog Barker while the high school yearbook is known as The Growler.
In 1915, the Missouri Daughters of the American Revolution erected a monument near Woodlawn Street in Sikeston to mark this event. In 1929, the Sikeston portion of the street was paved.
Sikeston is positioned at the intersection of I-55 and I-57, making it the only town/city in Missouri other than Kansas City and St.
Other Sikeston highways include U.S.
Sikeston's locale at the intersection of U.S.
As calculated in 2008, the cost of living index in Sikeston is low (80.4) compared to the U.S.
The primary city employers include Unilever, Missouri Delta Medical Center, the Sikeston Public Schools system, and Wal-Mart.
Sikeston is the command posts for Montgomery Bank which is the biggest privately owned, family-operated bank in Missouri.
In 1931, the Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities was established to furnish electrical service to the city.
The current Sikeston Power Plant is a 235 megawatt coal-fired steam generating facility with excess capacity sold to other communities.
The Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities operates the city's water and sewage services and a 33-mile (53 km) fiber optic communications network.
Sikeston's sister metros/cities are Yeosu, South Korea and Buffalo, New York.
Kenny Hulshof, former Republican 2008 Missouri gubernatorial candidate and congressman who represented the Missouri's 9th Congressional District was born in Sikeston in 1958.
Louis and assistant minority prestige in the Missouri Senate, was born in Sikeston in 1954.
Charles Augustus Crow, former Republican one-term congressman from Caruthersville, was born on a farm near Sikeston in 1873.
Ralph Emerson Bailey, former Republican one-term congressman, lived in Sikeston and is buried in the Sikeston town/city cemetery.
Murray, who was appointed Director of Public Works for Kansas City at the request of Tom Pendergast in 1926, lived in Sikeston from 1908 until 1922.
Comstock, United States Army Air Force World War II flying ace who attended major flying school at Sikeston.
Colonel Wendul Glenn Hagler, II is the Missouri National Guard joint chief of staff and is the commanding officer of the Missouri National Guard's 70th Troop Command, the biggest brigade inside the Missouri National Guard.
(1931 2011), born in Sikeston, Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame inductee. Johnson, United States Army Air Force World War II flying ace who did flight training in Sikeston for two months between December 1941 and February 1942.
King Sidwell, the 2005 2009 Adjutant General of the Missouri National Guard, is an attorney from Sikeston.
He served in three different leadership positions in Sikeston from 1976 until 1983 and in various positions in the neighboring metros/cities of Dexter, Charleston, and Cape Girardeau.
Edgar Desmond Lee, co-founder of Lee-Rowan Company, was born in Sikeston.
Charlie Babb, safety for the Miami Dolphins who was a member of the NFL's only perfect season, was born in Sikeston.
Brandon Barnes, former Washington Redskins NFL player, former all-conference linebacker at the University of Missouri, and former all-state defensive back for the 1998 conference champion Sikeston High School football team.
Kenneth Dement, football player and attorney who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998, previously played for the Sikeston High School football team.
Blake De - Witt, former Sikeston High School baseball player who was drafted in the first round of the 28th overall pick in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers, was born in Sikeston.
Eric Hurley, pitcher for the Texas Rangers, was born in Sikeston.
He was also chose in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft only two picks after Sikeston's Blake De - Witt.
He attended Scott County Central High School which is positioned three miles north of Sikeston town/city limits.
Josef Spudich, former experienced football player who taught and coached in Sikeston.
Allyn Stout, former primary league pitcher who played for four primary league different teams, died in Sikeston and is also buried in Sikeston. James Wilder, former NFL player who was an All-Pro running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he set various team records including team longterm position and single-season records in rushing yards, most total yards in a season, most total yards in a game, most touchdowns scored in a season, and most rushing touchdowns scored in a season. He previously played for the Sikeston High School football team, dominant the Bulldogs to an undefeated season in 1976.
George Woods, a former resident who still holds the Sikeston High School record in the shot put, won Olympic silver medals in the shot put in 1968 and 1972.
Jacqueline Scott, actress who made multiple appearances on such tv shows as Gunsmoke, The Outer Limits, Bonanza, The Fugitive, Ironside, Planet of the Apes, and Barnaby Jones, was born in Sikeston on New Years Day 1932.() Cody Alcorn, a graduate of Sikeston Public Schools, is an Emmy award-winning news anchor for WHNS Fox Carolina in Greenville, South Carolina. Boyd, born in Sikeston, Missouri, is a pop-opera singer and 2008 winner of America's Got Talent.
Ronald Anderson, sociology professor and author, born in Sikeston Hoover, author of 33 volumes and 250 scientific papers, born in Sikeston Lou Bradshaw, author and commercial illustrator of at least 10 books, born in Sikeston Michael Parkes, fantasy artist and former resident of Canalou who was born in Sikeston.
The 1962 film The Intruder, starring William Shatner and directed by Roger Corman, features scenes shot on locale in downtown Sikeston and at the old courthouse in Charleston. "History of Sikeston American Legion Post 114".
"Sikeston Sesquicentennial: 1940s".
"Sikeston sesquicentennial: 1930s".
"Elvis visited Sikeston in 1955".
A History of Sikeston.
"Sikeston First United Methodist Church History".
Scott County Missouri Historical Society (2009).
One-Room Schools of Scott County, Missouri.
"Sikeston school board votes to close Morehouse school".
"Sikeston man titled Mo.
"Sikeston singer hits global charts".
"Sikeston singer hopes new song raises foster care awareness".
"Sikeston woman answers her calling in art world".
Historic maps of Sikeston in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of New Madrid County, Missouri, United States Municipalities and communities of Scott County, Missouri, United States
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