The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗According to Houck's History of Missouri, the town of Cooter was named in 1854 for the Coutre (pronounced "Coo-Tra") family, headed by Frenchman Portell Coutre of New Madrid, Missouri.
In 1942, an auxiliary airfield was constructed on the west side of the city as part of Blytheville Army Airfield. In August 1946, the airfield was closed with the declaration of the main air base as surplus property by the War Assets Administration. At the time, doubt was expressed by local leaders that the field would be developed into a municipal airport.
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Start Cooter’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cooter’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Cooter is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cooter has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Alexander McMillan House in Lenox, 3.4 miles away.
Cooter and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.