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Cape Girardeau County is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri;its eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River. At the 2020 census,the population was 81,710. The county seat is Jackson,the first city in the US to be named in honor of President Andrew Jackson. Officially organized on October 1,1812,the county is named after Ensign Sieur Jean Baptiste de Girardot,an official of the French colonial years. The "cape" in the county's name is named after a former promontory rock overlooking the Mississippi River;this feature was demolished during railroad construction. Cape Girardeau County is the hub of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area. Its largest city is Cape Girardeau.
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The Limbaugh family is a prominent political family from Missouri. Its members have served as attorneys,politicians,judges,and political commentators in Missouri and the United States. The most well-known member is former conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. The first family member in America,Georg Friedrich Limbach was born in Germany circa 1737 and immigrated to the United States,arriving in 1753 to Berks County,Pennsylvania as a young man. In 1758,George married Anna Catharine Ritter and had six sons. George settled in Missouri Territory in 1800 with his youngest son Michael and 19 other families. The family developed ties to Cape Girardeau,Missouri,and served in a number of municipal capacities,including the governance of Southeast Missouri State University.
The Battle of Cape Girardeau was a military demonstration of the American Civil War,occurring on April 26,1863 in Cape Girardeau,Missouri. The conflict was part of the pursuit of US Brigadier General John McNeil through Southeast Missouri by Confederate Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke. Though the conflict to this day is known as a battle,it was a relatively small engagement whose primary importance was as the turning point that brought General Marmaduke's second Missouri raid to an end.
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A special election for Missouri's 8th congressional district was held on June 4,2013,following the resignation of Jo Ann Emerson on January 22,2013,to head the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The Republican and Democratic parties selected their own nominees without a primary.
Courthouse–Seminary Neighborhood Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri. The district encompasses 121 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in a predominantly residential section of Cape Girardeau. It developed between about 1848 and 1948,and includes representative examples of Italianate,Queen Anne,Colonial Revival,Tudor Revival,Mission Revival,Late Gothic Revival,American Craftsman,and Art Deco style architecture. The district contains 1 1/2 and 2 1/2-story brick single-family homes,with multi-family homes and a few commercial buildings dispersed throughout. Located in the district is the separately listed Robert Felix and Elma Taylor Wichterich House,William Henry and Lilla Luce Harrison House,Huhn-Harrison House,B'Nai Israel Synagogue,St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church,August and Amalia Shivelbine House,Glenn House,House at 323 Themis Street,and George Boardman Clark House.
Marie Elizabeth Oliver was the designer of the Missouri state flag.
Barry Hovis is an American politician. He is a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 146th District,serving since 2019. He is a member of the Republican party.
George Christian Thilenius was a German-born American politician,soldier,and businessman from the state of Missouri. He is known for the being a Missouri state representative,mayor of Cape Girardeau,Missouri,and for the Colonel George C. Thilenius House which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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- ↑ Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (2019-07-16). "John Voss, Cape Girardeau businessman, announces bid for state representative". The Missouri Times. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ↑ "Representative John Voss". house.mo.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
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