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Sikeston is the headquarters for Montgomery Bank which is the largest privately owned, family-operated bank in Missouri. The bank began in 1903 as the T. L. Wright Private Bank in Doniphan, Missouri. In 1955, Tom Baker of Sikeston purchased the charter and established Planters Bank. [18] In 1957, Joel Montgomery acquired controlling interest in ...
Scott County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,059. [1] Its county seat is Benton. [2] The county was organized in 1821 and named for U.S. Representative John Scott, the first federal representative from Missouri.
The Cape Girardeau–Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in southeastern Missouri and one in southern Illinois with its core in both states. [1] Its largest cities are the cities of Cape Girardeau and Jackson. It was upgraded from a Micropolitan Statistical ...
Walmart Inc. / 36.36556°N 94.21750°W / 36.36556; -94.21750. Walmart Inc. ( / ˈwɔːlmɑːrt / ⓘ; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 23 other countries.
The Sikeston Field House, the school's home gymnasium, was completed in 1969 as a multi-purpose athletic facility with a seating capacity exceeding 3,000 persons. After a bond issue was voted on and passed by the city, the building was updated and remodeled into a more attractive, state-of-the-art sporting arena in 1992.
July 1940 mugshot of Cleo Wright. Cleo Wright was a 26-year-old African-American cotton mill worker who was lynched in Sikeston, Missouri during the afternoon of January 25, 1942. Earlier, he was accused of attacking a white woman with a knife and attempting to sexually assault her, and subsequently resisted arrest by stabbing a police officer ...
Largest cities. Kansas City, largest city in Missouri. St. Louis, second-largest city. Springfield, third-largest city. Columbia, fourth-largest city. Independence, a satellite city of Kansas City and the fifth-largest city. St. Joseph. Joplin. Jefferson City, state capital and sixteenth-largest city.
Sikeston School District. Sikeston School District is centered in Sikeston, Missouri. The district includes several elementary and intermediate grade schools and Sikeston High School. During the 2008–2009 school year, there was a total of 3,759 students and 346 certified staff members enrolled in the Sikeston R-6 School District.