Missouri · Census place 2978406

Wellsville, Missouri

Wellsville is a city in Montgomery County, Missouri with an estimated 1,006 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 336th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,006
#336 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+1.8%
+18 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
653 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Wellsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Wellsville population, 2020 to 2024

Wellsville added 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 991. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wellsville covers 1.54 square miles of land, for 653 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Wellsville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wellsville is in

All of Wellsville's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 11,511 residents in 2024. Wellsville holds 8.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wellsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wellsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63384. 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 Wellsville is

The Census internal point of Wellsville is at 39.073200, -91.568900. Jefferson City, the capital, is 47.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Montgomery City, MO (2,792 people), 7.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 41.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.073200, -91.568900
DMS
39°04'23.52"N 91°34'8.04"W
UTM
15N 623796.3E 4325874.3N
Geohash
9yyyk319c
Plus code
86FC3CFJ+7C

Daylight in Wellsville

At 39.07° N, Wellsville gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wellsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Montgomery City, 7.7 miles away, with 2,792 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wellsville, MO?

1,006 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 18 (1.8%) from 988 in July 2020.

What county is Wellsville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wellsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63384.

How far is Wellsville from Jefferson City?

47.2 miles (75.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Wellsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Wellsville?

Montgomery City, MO, with 2,792 residents, 7.7 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.