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New Madrid County

county in Missouri, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Missouri
Founded: October 1, 1812
Named after: Madrid, Spain
Seat: New Madrid
Largest city: Portageville
Total: 697 sq mi (1,810 km )
Land: 675 sq mi (1,750 km )
Water: 22 sq mi (57 km ) 3.1%
Estimate 2025: 15,086
Density: 24.3/sq mi (9.40/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 8th

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New Madrid County (/ˈmædrɪd/ MAD-rid; Spanish: Condado de Nueva Madrid; French: Comté de New Madrid) is a county located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,434. The largest city is Portageville and county seat is New Madrid, located on the northern side of the Kentucky Bend in the Mississippi River, where it has formed an oxbow around an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky. This feature has also been known as New Madrid Bend or Madrid Bend, for the city.

The county was officially organized on October 1, 1812, encompassing most of present-day Arkansas. Named after Nuevo Madrid, a district located in the region, the area was under Spanish rule following France's cession of Louisiana after being defeated in the Seven Years' War. The Spanish named the district after Madrid, the capital of Spain.