Editing Cooter, Missouri (section)

==History==
According to Houck's History of Missouri, the town of Cooter was named in 1854 for the Coutre (pronounced "Coo-Tra") family, headed by Frenchman Portell Coutre of [[New Madrid, Missouri]].<ref>[http://pemiscot.mogenweb.org/towns/cooterhistory.htm Cooter history - Pemiscot County, MOGenWeb]</ref>

In 1942, an auxiliary airfield was constructed on the west side of the city as part of Blytheville Army Airfield.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Blytheville Army Air Field : Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center |publisher=Army and Navy Publishing Company |year=1942 |location=Baton Rogue, LA}}</ref> In August 1946, the airfield was closed with the declaration of the main air base as surplus property by the War Assets Administration. At the time, doubt was expressed by local leaders that the field would be developed into a municipal airport.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1946-08-21 |title=BAAF declared surplus by US Military |pages=11 |work=The Courier News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-baaf-declared-surplus-b/102973415/ |access-date=2023-12-16}}</ref>