Tallapoosa, MO

Tallapoosa is a city in New Madrid County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 78 residents. Tallapoosa was laid out in 1902. The town was named after Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Three Rivers College 's service area includes New Madrid County. Tallapoosa's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Missouri setting. The local scoop is how Tallapoosa's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Tallapoosa is located adjacent to Missouri Route 153 three miles south of Risco and eight miles southeast of Malden in adjacent Dunklin County. New Madrid is sixteen miles to the northeast.