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New Madrid
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What does New Madrid mean?
proper noun
- A city, the county seat of New Madrid County, Missouri, United States.
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A glance at the map will show that the portion of Missouri around New Madrid, and to the south of it, is dotted with swampy lakes and sluggish bayous.
In some places between New Madrid and Little Prairie, as at the Saline, north of Cincinnati, in latitude 37 degrees 45 minutes, shocks were felt every day, nay almost every hour, during several months.