Editing Old Appleton, Missouri (section)

==Geography==
Old Appleton is located on the south bank of the [[Apple Creek (Mississippi River)|Apple Creek]] and the northern border of Cape Girardeau County. [[Missouri Route 61]] passes along the west side of the village. [[Uniontown, Missouri|Uniontown]] lies just over one mile to the north along Route 61 in adjacent [[Perry County, Missouri|Perry County]].<ref>''Oak Ridge, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1947 (1978 rev.)</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.12|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 8, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>  The town lies on Apple Creek which forms the southern border of [[Perry County, Missouri|Perry County]] and the northern border of [[Cape Girardeau County, Missouri|Cape Girardeau County]].