Blodgett, MO

united states

Blodgett is a tiny farming community in Missouri's Bootheel, about 15 miles southwest of Cape Girardeau via I-55 and Route 80. This Scott County town of under 200 people sits amid corn and soybean fields on the Mississippi floodplain. The century-old grain elevator still operates and serves as a towering landmark visible for miles across the flat countryside.