Missouri · Census place 2928036

Gower, Missouri

Gower is a city in 2 counties of Missouri with an estimated 1,531 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 277th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,531
#277 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-6 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
1,516 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Gower. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Gower population, 2020 to 2024

Gower lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,537. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gower covers 1.01 square miles of land, for 1,516 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Gower is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Gower spans

Gower crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,531 residents as follows; Clinton County holds 98.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Clinton County1,501
  2. 02Buchanan County30
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Gower

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gower by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64454. 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 Gower is

The Census internal point of Gower is at 39.613200, -94.594800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 148.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plattsburg, MO (2,256 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kansas City, MO, 33.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.613200, -94.594800
DMS
39°36'47.52"N 94°35'41.28"W
UTM
15N 363100.0E 4386042.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86F7JC74+73

Daylight in Gower

At 39.61° N, Gower gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gower

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Plattsburg, 8.1 miles away, with 2,256 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gower, MO?

1,531 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.4%) from 1,537 in July 2020.

What county is Gower in?

It spans 2 counties: Clinton County (1,501 residents), Buchanan County (30 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Gower?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64454.

How far is Gower from Jefferson City?

148.2 miles (238.5 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Gower.

What is the nearest larger city to Gower?

Plattsburg, MO, with 2,256 residents, 8.1 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.