Bootheel
Towosahgy's mounds still mark a civic-ceremonial center
Towosahgy adds a much older story to the lower Mississippi plain. The state historic site preserves the remains of a fortified village and civic-ceremonial center connected to Mississippian peoples who lived in southern Missouri between A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1400.
The visible mounds make the history easier to grasp. Six of the seven mounds still stand around the central plaza, so a visitor is not only reading about an archaeological site. The shape of the place is still there on the ground.
The site itself sits in southern Mississippi County, off County Road 502 near East Prairie — next door to New Madrid County rather than inside it. It is still useful local color for the New Madrid County area. Earthquakes, floodways, and river commerce can crowd the story, but Towosahgy reaches much farther back. It gives East Prairie and New Madrid area notes a way to talk about deep settlement history without turning the place into a single disaster or river-risk theme.
Where to see it
- Towosahgy State Historic Site
Use Missouri State Parks for site access, maps, and current historic-site details.
- Towosahgy General Information
Read the general information page for official background on the site.
References
More from New Madrid County: browse every local note for the county.
Last checked against the sources above: July 16, 2026.