Cooter, Missouri

About Cooter

Cooter is a tiny community in southeastern Missouri with an estimated population of 319.

Officially, Cooter is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.29 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,100 residents per square mile.

📰 Cooter News Today

• 4.0 earthquake shakes Missouri Bootheel Thursday Missourinet · Apr 24
• Steele man dies after SUV overturns east of Cooter K8 News | Jonesboro, Arkansas · Jun 28
• Cooter High School (MO) Basketball MaxPreps · Jul 8
• 4.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Heartland KFVS12 · Apr 23
• Magnitude 4.0 earthquake hits Missouri along New Madrid Seismic Zone NewsNation · Apr 24

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What Makes Cooter Unique

• The only place in America named Cooter — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.29 sq mi.
• Positioned in southeastern Missouri, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🏫 Schools in Cooter

• COOTER ELEM.
• COOTER HIGH

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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