Charleston

Charleston is a city in and the county seat of , , United States. The population was 5,056 at the 2020 census, a decrease from 5,947 in 2010. and since 1968 has been home to the annual Dogwood-Azalea Festival which highlights the old homes and gardens throughout the town.
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  • Type: Town with 5,190 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri, United States
  • Also known as: Charleston, Missouri” and “Charleston, MO
  • Postal code: 63834

Places of Interest

Highlights include Southeast Correctional Center.

Prison
is a Missouri Department of Corrections maximum security state prison for men located in Charleston, . It opened in 2001, and has a maximum capacity of 1,658 inmates. is situated 2 miles south of Charleston.

Charleston

Latitude
36.9233° or 36° 55′ 24″ north
Longitude
-89.35012° or 89° 21′ 0″ west
Population
5,190
Elevation
322 feet (98 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CXS
Open location code
868GWJFX+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153404875
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4380997
Wiki­data ID
Q953943
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Charleston” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تشارلزتون
  • Basque: Charleston
  • Catalan: Charleston
  • Cebuano: Charleston
  • Chechen: Чарлстон
  • Chinese: Charleston
  • Chinese: 查爾斯頓
  • Danish: Charleston
  • Dutch: Charleston
  • Egyptian Arabic: تشارلزتون
  • French: Charleston
  • Gilaki: چارلستن
  • Haitian: Charleston, Missouri
  • Haitian: Charleston
  • Hebrew: צ’רלסטון
  • Hungarian: Charleston
  • Ido: Charleston, Missouri
  • Ido: Charleston
  • Irish: Charleston
  • Italian: Charleston
  • Japanese: チャールストン
  • Kazakh: Çarlston
  • Kazakh: Чарлстон
  • Kazakh: تشارلستون
  • Kirghiz: Чарлстон
  • Korean: 찰스턴
  • Ladin: Charleston
  • Mazanderani: چارلستون
  • Min Nan Chinese: Charleston
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Charleston
  • Persian: چارلستون
  • Polish: Charleston
  • Portuguese: Charleston
  • Russian: Чарлстон
  • Serbian: Чарлстон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Charleston, Missouri
  • Serbo-Croatian: Charleston
  • South Azerbaijani: چارلستون، میزوری
  • Spanish: Charleston (Misuri)
  • Spanish: Charleston
  • Swedish: Charleston, Missouri
  • Swedish: Charleston
  • Tatar: Чарлстон (Миссури)
  • Tatar: Чарлстон
  • Turkish: Charleston, Missouri
  • Turkish: Charleston
  • Ukrainian: Чарлстон
  • Urdu: چارلسٹن، مسوری
  • Urdu: چارلسٹن
  • Uzbek: Charleston
  • Uzbek: Чарлестон
  • Volapük: Charleston
  • Welsh: Charleston, Missouri
  • Welsh: Charleston

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Highlights include Mississippi County Library and Oak Grove Cemetery.

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