Risco, MO

united states

Risco is a small farming town in southeastern Missouri's New Madrid County, sitting on flat agricultural land near the Arkansas border. Reach it via Highway 84 west from I-55 or east from Blytheville, Arkansas. Highway 162 runs north-south through town, connecting to Malden 8 miles north. The town's water tower proudly displays its 1900 founding year, marking when the railroad first brought settlers to this quiet corner of the Missouri Bootheel.