2017 Map of Cape Girardeau

About this map

The Mississippi River defines the eastern edge of this Missouri landscape, where the urban center of Cape Girardeau meets the fertile lowlands of Black Land Bottom. The geography is characterized by the river’s dramatic Big Bend and several riverine features like Giboney Island and Marquette Island. Inland, the terrain shifts from the developed corridors of Jackson and Scott City to the high ground of Mt Tabor and the creek valleys of Cape La Croix Cr. Local institutional history is anchored by Southeast Missouri State University and several healthcare campuses. Numerous family and community burial grounds, including Old Lorimier Cem, McKendree Cem, and Minton Cem, are distributed across the township grids of t31n r13e and t30n r14e, offering a detailed map of the region’s ancestral settlements.