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Cape Girardeau County

county in Missouri, United States
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Cape Girardeau County
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Cape Girardeau County

Summary

Cape Girardeau County is a county of Missouri[1]. It draws 87 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_missouri category, ranking #20 of 114).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cape Girardeau County is located in Missouri[3].
  • Cape Girardeau County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Cape Girardeau County's instance of is recorded as county of Missouri[5].
  • Cape Girardeau County's capital is recorded as Jackson[6].
  • Cape Girardeau County's shares border with is recorded as Perry County[7].
  • Cape Girardeau County's shares border with is recorded as Union County[8].
  • Cape Girardeau County's shares border with is recorded as Alexander County[9].
  • Cape Girardeau County's shares border with is recorded as Scott County[10].
  • Cape Girardeau County's shares border with is recorded as Stoddard County[11].
  • Cape Girardeau County's shares border with is recorded as Bollinger County[12].
  • Cape Girardeau is named after Cape Girardeau County[13].
  • Jean Baptiste de Girardot is named after Cape Girardeau County[14].
  • Cape Girardeau County is part of Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area[15].
  • Cape Girardeau County's Commons category is recorded as Cape Girardeau County, Missouri[16].
  • October 1, 1812 marks the founding of Cape Girardeau County[17].
  • Cape Girardeau County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.38, 'lon': -89.68}[18].
  • Cape Girardeau County's official website is recorded as http://www.capecounty.us[19].
  • Cape Girardeau County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cape Girardeau County, Missouri[20].
  • Cape Girardeau County has a population of {'amount': '+75674'}[21].
  • Cape Girardeau County has a population of {'amount': '+75857'}[22].
  • Cape Girardeau County has a population of {'amount': '+76572'}[23].
  • Cape Girardeau County has a population of {'amount': '+76932'}[24].
  • Cape Girardeau County has a population of {'amount': '+77320'}[25].
  • Cape Girardeau County has a population of {'amount': '+78572'}[26].
  • Cape Girardeau County has a population of {'amount': '+81710'}[27].

Body

Geography

Cape Girardeau County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Missouri[3]. It is part of Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area[15].

Physical Characteristics

Cape Girardeau County covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1518'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+75674'}[21], {'amount': '+75857'}[22], {'amount': '+76572'}[23], {'amount': '+76932'}[24], {'amount': '+77320'}[25], and {'amount': '+78572'}[26].

Designation and Status

Cape Girardeau County's instance of is recorded as county of Missouri[5].

History and Context

October 1, 1812 marks the founding of Cape Girardeau County[17]. Things named after include Cape Girardeau[13], a city in the United States[29], in United States[30], founded in 1793[31] and Jean Baptiste de Girardot[14], a soldier[32], 1700–1750[33], of Kingdom of France[34].

Why It Matters

Cape Girardeau County draws 87 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_missouri category, ranking #20 of 114).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Missouri United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . whitehouse.gov. whitehouse.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomicon id → 1806397
    Obo gazetteer id → 22222969
    Umls cui → C3831205
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  2. 21d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Cape Girardeau, Jean Baptiste de Girardot
    Number of households → {'amount': '+30215'}
    Population → —
    Country → United States
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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