NEW MADRID, Mo., c. h. New Madrid co. On the N. side of a considerable bend in the Mississippi River. 271 miles S. E. from Jefferson City. In 1811 and 1812 this place was visited with earthquakes. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)
NEW MADRID, capital of New Madrid co., Missouri, on the Mississippi river, 280 miles S. E. from Jefferson City. It does a large business in shipping corn, lumber, and cattle for Southern markets. The houses are mostly built of wood, on account of the frequency of earthquakes, by which this town and county were greatly injured in 1811. A newspaper is published here. Settled in 1780. (Baldwin & Thomas, A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States ... 1854)
NEW MADRID The county seat of New Madrid county, New Madrid township, 150 miles below St. Louis. It contains two churches, one Masonic lodge, viz., New Madrid, No. 108, two public schools, and one Seminary, in a flourishing condition. Population 900. County Sheriff, J.H. Howard. (Missouri State Gazetteer..., 1860)