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Charleston is a city in Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,947 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Mississippi County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 It is a home to a local correctional facility. ==History== Charleston is the biggest town on the Missouri side near the confluence of the Mississippi River and Ohio River at Bird's Point, Missouri (11 miles east on U.S. Route 60). Its history has been tied to traffic on the rivers. Settlement initially occurred on the north side in what in 1805 was called Matthews Prairie. After purchasing for $337, Joseph Moore laid out Charleston in 1837.〔http://www.charlestonmo.net/history.asp〕 It was named after Charleston, South Carolina. In 1845 it was selected the county seat. 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.〔(M. Jeff Thompson: Missouri's swamp fox of the Confederacy By Doris Land Mueller )〕 The city was the epicenter of the October 31, 1895 6.6 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.〔(Sanborn Maps for Missouri: Charleston ), from the University of Missouri Digital Library. Accessed 2011-03-14.〕 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.〔(Historic Earthquakes: Near Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri - usgs.gov - Retrieved August 27, 2009 )〕 One of the most visible signs of the quake is located south of Charleston at Henson Lake, which was greatly expanded by the quake. In 1901 the county courthouse was built. It was designed by J.B. Legg, who designed numerous buildings throughout Missouri including the Gasconade County, Missouri and St. Charles County, Missouri courthouses. On February 10, 1997, the courthouse was damaged by fire and was subsequently torn down. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charleston, Missouri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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