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Line 23: }} '''New Madrid County''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en\|n\|uː\|_\|ˈ\|m\|æ\|d\|r\|ᵻ\|d}}) {{respell\|new\|MAD\|rid}}) is a [[County (United States)\|county]] located in the [[Missouri Bootheel\|Bootheel]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Missouri]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census\|2010 census]], the population was 18,956.<ref name="QF">{{cite web\|title=State & County QuickFacts\|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29/29143.html\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|accessdate=September 12, 2013\|deadurl=yes\|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60C3TjuKO?url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29/29143.html\|archivedate=July 15, 2011\|df=}}</ref> The largest city and [[county seat]] is [[New Madrid, Missouri\|New Madrid]], located on the northern side of the [[Kentucky Bend]] in the [[Mississippi River]], where it has formed an oxbow around an exclave of [[Fulton County, Kentucky]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web\|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx\|accessdate=2011-06-07\|title=Find a County\|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> This feature has also been known as New Madrid Bend or Madrid Bend, for the city. The county was officially organized on October 1, 1812, and is named after ''Nuevo Madrid,'' a district located in the region. This area was [[Louisiana (New Spain)\|under Spanish rule]] following France's cession of [[Louisiana (New France)\|Louisiana]] after being defeated in the [[Seven Years' War]]. The Spanish named the district after [[Madrid]], the capital of [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfAuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA335#v=onepage&q&f=false \| title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named \| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri \| author=Eaton, David Wolfe \| year=1917 \| pages=335}}</ref> Line 44: {{legend\|#ffffef\|[[Kentucky]] (KY)\|border=thin solid #999933}} ]] According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert\|697\|sqmi}}, of which {{convert\|675\|sqmi}} is land and {{convert\|22\|sqmi}} (3.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web\|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|accessdate=November 17, 2014\|date=August 22, 2012\|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files\|deadurl=yes\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt\|archivedate=October 21, 2013\|df=}}</ref> The county is located on the [[Kentucky Bend]] of the Mississippi River, which forms a border of the county. This feature is also known as New Madrid Bend or Madrid Bend. This oxbow flows around an exclave of [[Fulton County, Kentucky]]. Scientists expect that eventually the river will cut a new channel across the narrow neck of the peninsula, which will gradually be attached by infill land to Missouri.