Cape Girardeau ; colloquially referred to as "Cape" is a city located in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in Southeast Missouri in the United States. It is located approximately 115 miles southeast of St. Louis and 175 miles north of Memphis. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 37,941. A college town, it is the home of Southeast Missouri State University and the largest city in southeast Missouri. Although it is the largest city in Cape Girardeau County, the county seat is Jackson. The Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area encompasses Alexander County,... Illinois, Bollinger County, Missouri and Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The city is known to some as "The City of Roses" because of a 9-mile stretch of highway that was once lined with dozens of rose bushes. Although there used to be many prominent rose gardens around the community, few of these gardens exist today. The city is also known as Cape Girardeau: Where the River Turns a Thousand Tales, due to the history of the town and the Mississippi River as well as the annual Storytelling Festival.
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| County: | Cape Girardeau County |
| State: | Missouri |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 37,370 |
| Area: | 24.3 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | Central Time zone |
| Also known as: | Cape Girardeau, Missouri |