Remnant of Island Number 14
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Now merged with the Missouri shore.
As for its name, Island number 14 dates from 1801 when Z Cramer published his book of navigational charts of the Lower Mississippi (downstream from Cairo, IL). Instead of using names for the river's many sandy islands, which frequently have many conflicting local names, he opted to use numbers starting with Island Number 1 some five miles south of Cairo, IL. Island number 14 was the 14th island on the river as boats proceed south. Many islands have since disappeared due to the Mississippi's changing course, thus Island Number 14 is no longer the 14th island, yet the original name persisted.
As for its name, Island number 14 dates from 1801 when Z Cramer published his book of navigational charts of the Lower Mississippi (downstream from Cairo, IL). Instead of using names for the river's many sandy islands, which frequently have many conflicting local names, he opted to use numbers starting with Island Number 1 some five miles south of Cairo, IL. Island number 14 was the 14th island on the river as boats proceed south. Many islands have since disappeared due to the Mississippi's changing course, thus Island Number 14 is no longer the 14th island, yet the original name persisted.
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Coordinates: 36°8'4"N 89°37'19"W
- Remnant of Island Number 15 6.9 km
- Island Number 21 18 km
- Remnant of Island Number 11 42 km
- Watson Point Island 50 km
- Island Number 34 65 km
- Seven Mile Island Wildlife Management Area 224 km
- Patton Island 231 km
- Pine Island 360 km
- Island. 377 km
- Island 418 km
- Pemiscot County, Missouri 14 km
- Tennessee Enclave 15 km
- Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge 26 km
- The Missouri Bootheel 32 km
- Reelfoot Lake State Park 36 km
- Reelfoot Lake 38 km
- The Kentucky Bend 46 km
- Dunklin County, Missouri 53 km
- Fulton County, Kentucky 60 km
- Malden Regional Airport 61 km