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Pemiscot County, Missouri
Pemiscot County is a county located in the southeastern Bootheel in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,296.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29/29155.html )〕 The largest city and county seat is Caruthersville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was officially organized on February 19, 1851, and is named for the local bayou, taken from the Fox dialect word, ''pem-eskaw'', meaning "liquid mud". Bordering the Mississippi River and floodplain, the county has been devoted to agricultural development and commodity crops. With mechanization of agriculture, its population has declined since a peak in 1940.
Murphy Mound Archeological Site has one of the largest platform mounds in Missouri; it is a major earthwork of the Late Mississippian culture, which had settlement sites throughout the Mississippi Valley and tributaries. The site is privately owned and is not open to the public. The site may have been occupied from as early as 1200 CE and continuing to about 1541.〔O'Brien, Michael J. and Robert C. Dunnell. (1998) ''1998 Changing Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley.'' University of Missouri Press, Columbia〕
==Geography==
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (4.1%) is water. Fishing is a popular activity among residents in the area.
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