Missouri · Census place 2926866

Gerald, Missouri

Gerald is a city in Franklin County, Missouri with an estimated 1,359 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 293rd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,359
#293 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-17 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
931 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Gerald. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Gerald population, 2020 to 2024

Gerald lost 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,374. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gerald covers 1.46 square miles of land, for 931 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Gerald is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gerald is in

All of Gerald's residents live in Franklin County, which had 107,256 residents in 2024. Gerald holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gerald

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gerald by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63037. 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 Gerald is

The Census internal point of Gerald is at 38.399300, -91.330900. Jefferson City, the capital, is 47.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Owensville, MO (2,780 people), 9.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 61.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.399300, -91.330900
DMS
38°23'57.48"N 91°19'51.24"W
UTM
15N 645749.1E 4251438.5N
Geohash
9yz43wqu5
Plus code
86CC9MX9+PJ

Daylight in Gerald

At 38.40° N, Gerald gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gerald

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Owensville, 9.7 miles away, with 2,780 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gerald, MO?

1,359 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 17 (1.2%) from 1,376 in July 2020.

What county is Gerald in?

Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Gerald?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63037.

How far is Gerald from Jefferson City?

47.2 miles (76.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Gerald.

What is the nearest larger city to Gerald?

Owensville, MO, with 2,780 residents, 9.7 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.