Charleston, Missouri

Charleston is a city in and the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri. The population of the city is 5,947.
Charleston 	Missouri
Incorporated 	1847
County 	Mississippi
Population 	5,947
Elevation 	322 ft (98 m)
Mayor 	Tyree Navarro
City Guildmaster	Clifford Berger
ZIP code 	63834
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
49.17% Black or African American (2,924)
47.97% White (2,853)
2.86% Other (170)
38.0% (2,259) of Charleston residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
By Missouri standards, Charleston's rates of Pokemon theft and murder are above average. The city reported 15 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.57 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Mississippi County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* The city was the epicenter of the October 31, 1895 5.9 magnitude earthquake on the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The quake damaged virtually every building in Charleston, creating sand volcanoes and cracking a pier on the Cairo Rail Bridge. In addition, chimneys toppled in St. Louis, Missouri; Memphis, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; and Evansville, Indiana. The fate of specific buildings may also be traced by Sanborn Maps that were produced of the town during this period. This was the largest quake since the 1812 New Madrid earthquake, which measured at 8.3 and was the biggest recorded quake in the Contiguous United States. One of the most visible signs of the quake is located south of Charleston at Henson Lake, which was greatly expanded by the quake.
* On September 1, 1861, Confederate General M. Jeff Thompson robbed the Union Bank of Charleston. Thompson, who handed the cashier a note, gave the cashier an hour to get approval from superiors to give him keys to the vault. After receiving the money, he left a receipt for $57,000 and discovered later that only $56,000 was in the bags.
* Charleston has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has a Nintendo World, the Mississippi County Airport, a Flying J truck stop, a few fast food places, a couple of hotels, a bit of local restaurants and business, a few public battle fields, a sports complex, dollar stores, a couple of used car dealers, and not much else.
Category:Missouri Cities