Old Appleton, MO

Old Appleton is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 73 residents. Old Appleton is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Although it is not known who the original native inhabitants were of the Old Appleton area, the area eventually become home to the Shawnee and Delaware Indians. The through line in Old Appleton is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Old Appleton makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Having originated in present-day Delaware and Pennsylvania, the Shawnee and Delaware Indians had been pushed off their lands by white settlement. Old Appleton is located on the south bank of the Apple Creek and the northern border of Cape Girardeau County. Missouri Route 61 passes along the west side of the village.