Missouri · Census place 2977002

Wardsville, Missouri

Wardsville is a village in Cole County, Missouri with an estimated 1,661 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 269th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,661; #269 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020: +2.8%; +46 people
Land area: 3.5 sq mi
Density: 480 / sq mi; State median 1,448

Orange pin: Wardsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Wardsville population, 2020 to 2024

Wardsville added 46 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,611. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wardsville covers 3.46 square miles of land, for 480 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Wardsville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wardsville is in

All of Wardsville's residents live in Cole County, which had 77,625 residents in 2024. Wardsville holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wardsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wardsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 65101. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Wardsville is

The Census internal point of Wardsville is at 38.491800, -92.182500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 6.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jefferson City, MO (42,564 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 32.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.491800, -92.182500
DMS: 38°29'30.48"N 92°10'57.00"W
UTM: 15N 571292.9E 4260700.1N
Geohash: 9yy6yr4yb
Plus code: 86C9FRR9+P2

Daylight in Wardsville

At 38.49° N, Wardsville gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wardsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Taos, 4.9 miles away, with 1,175 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wardsville, MO?

1,661 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 46 (2.8%) from 1,615 in July 2020.

What county is Wardsville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wardsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65101.

How far is Wardsville from Jefferson City?

6.0 miles (9.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Wardsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Wardsville?

Jefferson City, MO, with 42,564 residents, 5.2 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.