Missouri · Census place 2904150

Belle, Missouri

Belle is a city in 2 counties of Missouri with an estimated 1,389 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 289th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,389
#289 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+3 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
1,037 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Belle. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Belle population, 2020 to 2024

Belle added 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

1,38620201,38220211,38220221,38220231,3892024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,383. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Belle covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 1,037 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Belle is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Belle spans

Belle crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,389 residents as follows; Maries County holds 84.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Maries County1,176
  2. 02Osage County213
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Belle

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Belle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65013. 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 Belle is

The Census internal point of Belle is at 38.285100, -91.721500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 31.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Owensville, MO (2,780 people), 12.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 56.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.285100, -91.721500
DMS
38°17'6.36"N 91°43'17.40"W
UTM
15N 611815.1E 4238221.2N
Geohash
9yycbcd6y
Plus code
86CC77PH+2C

Daylight in Belle

At 38.29° N, Belle 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 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Belle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Owensville, 12.9 miles away, with 2,780 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Belle, MO?

1,389 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3 (0.2%) from 1,386 in July 2020.

What county is Belle in?

It spans 2 counties: Maries County (1,176 residents), Osage County (213 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Belle?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65013.

How far is Belle from Jefferson City?

31.8 miles (51.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Belle.

What is the nearest larger city to Belle?

Owensville, MO, with 2,780 residents, 12.9 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.