Missouri · Census place 2941078

Leadwood, Missouri

Leadwood is a city in St. Francois County, Missouri with an estimated 1,155 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 320th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,155
#320 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-20 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
996 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Leadwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Leadwood population, 2020 to 2024

Leadwood lost 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

1,17520201,17820211,17420221,16820231,1552024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,174. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Leadwood covers 1.16 square miles of land, for 996 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Leadwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Leadwood is in

All of Leadwood's residents live in St. Francois County, which had 67,503 residents in 2024. Leadwood holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Leadwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Leadwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63653. 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 Leadwood is

The Census internal point of Leadwood is at 37.861700, -90.589200. Jefferson City, the capital, is 99.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Desloge, MO (4,836 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 56.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.861700, -90.589200
DMS
37°51'42.12"N 90°35'21.12"W
UTM
15N 712074.3E 4193209.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
869FVC66+M8

Daylight in Leadwood

At 37.86° N, Leadwood gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Leadwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Desloge, 3.9 miles away, with 4,836 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Leadwood, MO?

1,155 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 20 (1.7%) from 1,175 in July 2020.

What county is Leadwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Leadwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63653.

How far is Leadwood from Jefferson City?

99.2 miles (159.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Leadwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Leadwood?

Desloge, MO, with 4,836 residents, 3.9 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.