Tarkio, Missouri

Tarkio population, 2020 to 2024

Tarkio lost 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

Tarkio covers 1.39 square miles of land, for 1,058 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Tarkio is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tarkio is in

All of Tarkio's residents live in Atchison County, which had 5,139 residents in 2024. Tarkio holds 28.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tarkio

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tarkio by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64491. 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 Tarkio is

The Census internal point of Tarkio is at 40.443000, -95.383500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 214.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shenandoah, IA (4,878 people), 21.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 66.6 miles away.

Daylight in Tarkio

At 40.44° N, Tarkio gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tarkio

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Rock Port, 8.2 miles away, with 1,238 people.