Assisted Living in Sikeston, MO

Assisted Living Costs in Nearby Cities

Pic by Catbar / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Facts about Sikeston

Sikeston is also known as: Sikeston.

And some of the notable people born here have been: Kenny Hulshof (politician), James Wilder (american football player and athlete), Charlie Babb (american football player), Blake DeWitt (baseball player), and Eric Hurley (baseball player).

And featured attractions of Sikeston: Sikeston Career and Technology Center and Malone Park.

Sikeston is represented by Mayor Steven Burch.

Sikeston is a city located both in southern Scott County and northern New Madrid County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is situated just north of the "Missouri Bootheel", although many locals consider Sikeston a part of it. By way of Interstate 55, Interstate 57, and U.S. Route 60, Sikeston is close to the halfway point between St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee and three hours from Nashville, Tennessee. The city is named after John Sikes, who founded it in 1860. It is the principal city of the Sikeston Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of all of Scott County, and has a total population of 41,143.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 16,318, making it the fourth-most populous city in Missouri's 8th Congressional district (map) behind Cape Girardeau, Rolla, and Poplar Bluff and just ahead of Farmington. Before the 2010 census, it had been the second-most populous city in the district.

Population shifts in Sikeston