Fruitland, Missouri

Coordinates: 37°26′55″N 89°38′19″W / 37.44861°N 89.63861°W / 37.44861; -89.63861 Fruitland is an unincorporated community in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 61 5 mi (8.0 km) north of Jackson and just northeast of the intersection of US. Route 61 and Interstate 55.

Fruitland is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

• Fruitland was originally founded as Pleasant Hill in the 1810s by John Oliver Sr who settled his family on Indian Creek. His Estate was called Pleasant Hill.

The name Fruitland most probably came into being when, in 1869, Professor James Hutchinson Kerr, a Pennsylvania native founded the Fruitland Normal Institute, a school for training teachers. It is unknown why this name was chosen. However the name did not stick until around 1886 when mapmakers began using Fruitland as the formal designation of the area.

• source: http://www.semissourian.com/blogs/pavementends/entry/45983/

Municipalities and communities of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States County seat: Jackson Cities Cape Girardeau‡ Delta Jackson Scott City‡ Villages Allenville Dutchtown Gordonville Oak Ridge Old Appleton‡ Pocahontas Whitewater Townships Apple Creek Byrd Cape Girardeau Hubble Kinder Liberty Randol Shawnee Welch Whitewater Unincorporated communities Arnsberg Burfordville Daisy Egypt Mills Friedheim Fruitland Millersville New Wells Shawneetown Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties