Missouri · Census place 2965450

Salisbury, Missouri

Salisbury is a city in Chariton County, Missouri with an estimated 1,569 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 274th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,569
#274 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+2 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
1,171 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Salisbury. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Salisbury population, 2020 to 2024

Salisbury added 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

1,56720201,56220211,56920221,57020231,5692024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,572. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Salisbury covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 1,171 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Salisbury is less dense than the typical town.

What county Salisbury is in

All of Salisbury's residents live in Chariton County, which had 7,397 residents in 2024. Salisbury holds 21.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Salisbury

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Salisbury by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65281. 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 Salisbury is

The Census internal point of Salisbury is at 39.423300, -92.802400. Jefferson City, the capital, is 67.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Moberly, MO (13,337 people), 19.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 41.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.423300, -92.802400
DMS
39°25'23.88"N 92°48'8.64"W
UTM
15N 517008.1E 4363771.0N
Geohash
9zn020z37
Plus code
86F9C5FX+82

Daylight in Salisbury

At 39.42° N, Salisbury gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Salisbury

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Glasgow, 13.6 miles away, with 1,079 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Salisbury, MO?

1,569 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2 (0.1%) from 1,567 in July 2020.

What county is Salisbury in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Salisbury?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65281.

How far is Salisbury from Jefferson City?

67.4 miles (108.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Salisbury.

What is the nearest larger city to Salisbury?

Moberly, MO, with 13,337 residents, 19.5 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.