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”
  • Norwegian: “Charleston”
  • Persian: “چارلستون”
  • Polish: “Charleston”
  • Portuguese: “Charleston”
  • Russian: “Мэтьюз-Прейри”
  • Russian: “Чарлстон (Миссури)”
  • 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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