Missouri · Census place 2927208

Glasgow, Missouri

Glasgow is a city in 2 counties of Missouri with an estimated 1,079 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 326th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,079
#326 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-12 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
799 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Glasgow. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Glasgow population, 2020 to 2024

Glasgow lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

1,09120201,08720211,08720221,08120231,0792024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,090. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Glasgow covers 1.35 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 799 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Glasgow is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Glasgow spans

Glasgow crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,079 residents as follows; Howard County holds 97.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Howard County1,050
  2. 02Chariton County29
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Glasgow

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glasgow by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65254. 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 Glasgow is

The Census internal point of Glasgow is at 39.228500, -92.837700. Jefferson City, the capital, is 57.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fayette, MO (2,832 people), 9.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 33.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.228500, -92.837700
DMS
39°13'42.60"N 92°50'15.72"W
UTM
15N 514008.5E 4342146.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86F965H6+CW

Daylight in Glasgow

At 39.23° N, Glasgow gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Glasgow

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Fayette, 9.9 miles away, with 2,832 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Glasgow, MO?

1,079 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 12 (1.1%) from 1,091 in July 2020.

What county is Glasgow in?

It spans 2 counties: Howard County (1,050 residents), Chariton County (29 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Glasgow?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65254.

How far is Glasgow from Jefferson City?

57.4 miles (92.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Glasgow.

What is the nearest larger city to Glasgow?

Fayette, MO, with 2,832 residents, 9.9 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)

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