Missouri · Census place 2901522

Appleton City, Missouri

Appleton City is a city in St. Clair County, Missouri with an estimated 1,080 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 325th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,080
#325 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+4.9%
+50 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
939 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Appleton City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Appleton City population, 2020 to 2024

Appleton City added 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.9%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

1,03020201,03520211,05220221,06920231,0802024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,023. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Appleton City covers 1.15 square miles of land, for 939 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Appleton City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Appleton City is in

All of Appleton City's residents live in St. Clair County, which had 9,848 residents in 2024. Appleton City holds 11.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Appleton City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Appleton City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64724. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Appleton City is

The Census internal point of Appleton City is at 38.191100, -94.031700. Jefferson City, the capital, is 104.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Butler, MO (4,283 people), 17.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lee's Summit, MO, 53.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.191100, -94.031700
DMS
38°11'27.96"N 94°01'54.12"W
UTM
15N 409653.9E 4227521.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86C75XR9+C8

Daylight in Appleton City

At 38.19° N, Appleton City gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Appleton City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Butler, 17.4 miles away, with 4,283 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Appleton City, MO?

1,080 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 50 (4.9%) from 1,030 in July 2020.

What county is Appleton City in?

St. Clair County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Appleton City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64724.

How far is Appleton City from Jefferson City?

104.2 miles (167.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Appleton City.

What is the nearest larger city to Appleton City?

Butler, MO, with 4,283 residents, 17.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.