682px-Map of Missouri highlighting Mid-Missouri

Mid-Missouri is a loosely-defined region comprising the central area of the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

. The region's largest city is Columbia (population 121,717); the Missouri state capital,

Jefferson City Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, is the capital of Missouri, United States. It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 census, ranking as the 15th most populous city in the state. It is also the county seat of Cole County and the principa ...

, and the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...

are also located here. The region also includes portions of the

Lake of the Ozarks Lake of the Ozarks is a reservoir created by impounding the Osage River in the northern part of the Ozarks in central Missouri. Parts of three smaller tributaries to the Osage are included in the impoundment: the Niangua River, Grandglaize Cr ...

, the

Ozark Mountains The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant port ...

, and the

Missouri Rhineland The Missouri Rhineland is a geographical area of Missouri that extends from west of St. Louis to slightly east of Jefferson City, located mostly in the Missouri River Valley on both sides of the river. Dutzow, the first permanent German sett ...

. Mid-Missouri is centered on two contiguous metropolitan areas: the Columbia Metropolitan Area and the

Jefferson City Metropolitan Area The Jefferson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties – Cole, Callaway, Moniteau, and Osage – in central Missouri anchored by the city of Jefferson Ci ...

, which together have a population of over 400,000.

Definition

Counties that are usually considered to be in Mid-Missouri are Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden,

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Cole Cole may refer to: Plants * Cole crops of the genus ''Brassica'', especially cabbage, kale, or rape (rapeseed). People * Cole (given name), people with the given name Cole * Cole (surname), people with the surname Cole Companies *Cole Motor ...

, Cooper, Gasconade, Howard, Macon,

Miller A miller is a person who operates a mill, a machine to grind a grain (for example corn or wheat) to make flour. Milling is among the oldest of human occupations. "Miller", "Milne" and other variants are common surnames, as are their equivalent ...

, Moniteau, Montgomery, Morgan, Osage, Pettis, Randolph, and Saline. Counties that are sometimes considered to be in the region are Adair, Benton, Laclede, Maries,

Phelps Phelps may refer to: Places in the United States * Phelps, Kentucky * Phelps, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Phelps, New York ** Phelps (village), New York * Phelps, Wisconsin, a town ** Phelps (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated co ...

, Pulaski, and

Warren A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval A ...

Municipalities

Cities over 100,000

* Columbia, Missouri (largest city)

Cities over 40,000

* Jefferson City, Missouri (Missouri's capital city)

Cities over 20,000

Sedalia, Missouri Sedalia is a city located approximately south of the Missouri River and, as the county seat of Pettis County, Missouri, United States, it is the principal city of the Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the city had ...

Rolla, Missouri Rolla () is a city in, and the county seat of, Phelps County, Missouri, United States. The population in the 2020 United States Census was 19,943. Rolla is located approximately midway between St. Louis and Springfield along I-44. The Rolla ...

Cities over 10,000

* Kirksville, Missouri *

Lebanon, Missouri Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Laclede County in Missouri. The population was 14,474 at the time of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Laclede County. The Lebanon Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of Laclede County. Hi ...

Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Fort Leonard Wood is a U.S. Army training installation located in the Missouri Ozarks. The main gate is located on the southern boundary of The City of St. Robert. The post was created in December 1940 and named in honor of General Leonard W ...

Moberly, Missouri Moberly is a city in Randolph County, Missouri, United States. The population was 13,974 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri metropolitan area. History Moberly was founded in 1866, and named after Colonel William E. Mober ...

Marshall, Missouri Marshall is a city in Saline County, Missouri, United States. The population was 13,065 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Saline County. The Marshall Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of Saline County. It is home to Missouri Val ...

Fulton, Missouri Fulton is the largest city in and the county seat of Callaway County, Missouri, United States. Located about northeast of Jefferson City and the Missouri River and east of Columbia, the city is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri, Metropolita ...

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Cities over 1,000

* Boonville, Missouri *

Warrenton, Missouri Warrenton is a city in Warren County, Missouri, United States. The population was 7,880 according to the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Warren County. Warrenton is an exurb of St. Louis, and is located in the St. Louis Metropolitan Statis ...

Macon, Missouri Macon is a city in and the county seat of Macon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,457 at the 2020 census. History Macon was platted in 1856. Like the county, Macon was named for Nathaniel Macon. A post office called Macon Cit ...

Waynesville, Missouri Waynesville is a city in and the county seat of Pulaski County, Missouri, United States. Its population was 5,406 at the 2020 census. Located in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks, it was one of the communities served by historic Route 66. Histor ...

Eldon, Missouri Eldon is a city in Miller County, Missouri, United States, located southwest of Jefferson City. The population was 4,567 at the 2010 census. History Eldon was platted in 1881, and according to tradition, named after a railroad official. A po ...

Osage Beach, Missouri Osage Beach is a city in Camden and Miller counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. Most of the city is in Camden County, while a small eastern sliver is in Miller County. The population was 4,351 at the 2010 census. History Osage Beach was inco ...

* St. Robert, Missouri * California, Missouri * St. James, Missouri *

Centralia, Missouri Centralia is a city in Boone County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 4,541 at the 2020 census, with an estimated population of 4,244 in 2018. A very small portion of the city lies in Audrain County. The Boone County portion of ...

Vandalia, Missouri Vandalia is a city in northeastern Audrain and extending into southeastern Ralls Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 3,553 at the 2020 census, which includes about 1,000 prisoners incarcerated at the prison located within ...

Camdenton, Missouri Camdenton is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, Missouri, United States. Its population was 3,718 at the 2010 census. The city is enveloped by the Lower Niangua arm of the Lake of the Ozarks and serves as a popular trade point for ...

Ashland, Missouri Ashland is a city in Boone County, Missouri, United States. Ashland is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,747 at the 2020 census. History Ashland was founded in 1853. It was named for the Ashland ...

Tipton, Missouri Tipton is a city in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,262 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Tipton was a predominately a German-American community, ...

Holts Summit, Missouri Holts Summit is a small city in Callaway County, Missouri. The population was 3,247 at the time of the 2010 census. Holts Summit is located northeast of Jefferson City, Missouri's state capital. It is part of the Jefferson City Metropolitan Area. ...

Wright City, Missouri Wright City is a city in Warren County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Interstate 70 at mile marker 200 approximately west of downtown St. Louis. Wright City is a small, semi-rural community area with primarily single-family housing, wi ...

Montgomery City, Missouri Montgomery City is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,811 at the 2020 census. History Montgomery was platted in 1853, taking its name from Montgomery County. A post office called Mon ...

Fayette, Missouri Fayette is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 2,803 at the 2020 census. History Fayette was laid out in 1823. The ...

Owensville, Missouri Owensville is a city in Gasconade County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,757 at the 2020 census. History Owensville was named after early merchant Frank Owens. According to local legend Owens and blacksmith Edward Luster decided ...

Versailles, Missouri Versailles is a city in Morgan County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,482 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Morgan County. Locally, the town's name is pronounced “Ver-sails”, rather than “Ver-seye,” as in the Fr ...

Hermann, Missouri Hermann is a city in and the county seat of Gasconade County, Missouri, United States. It has been the county seat since 1842. It is near the center of the Missouri Rhineland and south of the Missouri River. The population was 2,185 at the 202 ...

Warsaw, Missouri Warsaw is a city located in Benton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,127 at the 2010 census. Warsaw is the county seat of Benton County. Adjacent to the Osage River it is heavily tied to two major lakes on the river. The upp ...

Slater, Missouri Slater is a city in Saline County, Missouri, Saline County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,856 at the 2010 census. History Slater was laid out in 1889. A post office called Slater has been in operation since 1878. The community has ...

Salisbury, Missouri Salisbury is a city in Chariton County, Missouri, Chariton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,563 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History The land where Salisbury is now located was first owned by Prior Bibo, a ...

Lake Ozark, Missouri Lake Ozark is a city in Camden and Miller counties in the U.S. state of Missouri, near its namesake, the Lake of the Ozarks. The population was 2,077 at the 2020 census. History A post office called Lake Ozark has been in operation since 1932. ...

* Huntsville, Missouri *

Belle, Missouri Belle is a city in northeast Maries County and extending north into southeast Osage County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 1,381 at the 2020 census. The Osage County portion of Belle is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Me ...

Dixon, Missouri Dixon is a city in northern Pulaski County, Missouri, United States, with a population of 1,549 at the time of the 2010 census. History Dixon was platted in 1869 at the time a railroad was extended through to the neighborhood and a post office b ...

* Wardsville, Missouri *

Hallsville, Missouri Hallsville is a city in Boone County, Missouri. It is part of the Columbia metropolitan area. The population was 1,614 at the time of the 2020 census. Southeast of the town is Mount Zion Church and Cemetery, the site of the Battle of Mount Zion ...

* Linn, Missouri *

Sweet Springs, Missouri Sweet Springs is a city in Saline County, Missouri, United States, along the Blackwater River. The population was 1,484 at the 2010 census. History Sweet Springs was originally named "Brownsville", and under the latter name was platted in 1838. ...

La Plata, Missouri La Plata is a city in Macon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,257 at the 2020 census. La Plata is located next to the Adair County line and is on a mainline of the BNSF Railway. The town is best known for La Plata station, ...

Wellsville, Missouri Wellsville is a city in Montgomery County, Missouri, United States. The population was 998 at the 2020 census. History Wellsville was platted in 1856, and named after Charles Wells who was the original owner of the land. A post office called W ...

Lincoln, Missouri Lincoln is a city in Benton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,190 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Lincoln was established in 1866. The city was named for Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United St ...

La Monte, Missouri La Monte is a city in Pettis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,140 at the 2010 census. History La Monte was originally called Boomer, and under the latter name was platted in 1866. The present name of La Monte, after an acqu ...

* St. Martins, Missouri *

Marthasville, Missouri Marthasville is a city in Warren County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,136 at the 2010 census. The Katy Trail, a 225-mile long bike path, passes through Marthasville. The original graves of Daniel Boone and his wife were located ...

Cole Camp, Missouri Cole Camp is a small city in Benton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,121 at the 2010 census. The town is known for the annual street fair in September. It also hosts a Maifest in May, an Oktoberfest in October, and a Christb ...

Glasgow, Missouri Glasgow is a city on the Missouri River mostly in northwest Howard County and extending into the southeast corner of Chariton County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 1,087 at the 2020 census. The Howard County portion of G ...

* Stover, Missouri

Media

Television

* KMOS (6.1

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, 6.2 Create, 6.3

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, 6.4 PBS Kids) *

KOMU KOMU-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Columbia, Missouri, United States, serving the Columbia– Jefferson City market as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus. The station's studios and transmitter are located on US 63 southe ...

(8.1

NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...

, 8.3

The CW ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite ...

) *

KRCG KRCG (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Jefferson City, Missouri, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Columbia–Jefferson City market. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station maintains studios and transm ...

(13.1

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, 13.2 Comet TV, 13.3 Charge!, 13.4

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) *

KMIZ KMIZ (channel 17) is a television station licensed to Columbia, Missouri, United States, serving the Columbia–Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City media market, market as an affiliate of American Broadcasting Company, ABC and MyNetworkTV. I ...

(17.1 ABC, 17.2

Me-TV MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Marketed as "The Definitive Destination for Classic TV", the network airs a variety of classic television program ...

, 17.3

MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyTV, MyNet, MNT or MNTV, and sometimes referred to as My Network) is an American commercial broadcast television syndication service and former television network owned by Fox Corporation, operated by its ...

, 17.4

Fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelve sp ...

) *

KQFX-LD KQFX-LD (channel 22), branded on-air as Fox 22, is a low-power television station licensed to Columbia, Missouri, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Columbia–Jefferson City market. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Co ...

(22.1

, 22.2 Laff, 22.3 Grit, 22.4

Ion Mystery Ion Mystery (formerly Escape and Court TV Mystery, stylized as ESCAPE and MYSTERY; formerly branded on-air as Mystery) is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. It focus ...

, 22.5

Dabl Dabl () is an American lifestyle-oriented digital multicast television network owned by the CBS Media Ventures subsidiary of Paramount Global. The company's formerly-owned other subchannel network, Decades, through CBS News and Stations was l ...

) * KNLJ (25.1 CTN, 25.2 CTNi, 25.3 CTN, 25.4 CTN Life)

Radio

FM

* KCOU (88.1) * KHJR (88.1) *

KJLU KJLU (88.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a smooth jazz format. Licensed to Jefferson City, Missouri, United States, the station is owned by Lincoln University of Missouri Lincoln University (Lincoln U) is a public, historically black, la ...

(88.9) * KOPN (89.5) * KMCV (89.9) *

KMUC KMUC (90.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classical music format. Licensed to Columbia, Missouri, United States, the station is currently owned by the University of Missouri. The program Mizzou Music runs weekly featuring interviews and ...

(90.5) *

KBIA KBIA (91.3 FM), is a National Public Radio-member station in Columbia, Missouri. It carries regional news coverage, locally produced news shows, original talk shows, as well as NPR news programs including ''All Things Considered'' and ''Morning Ed ...

(91.3) * KMFC (92.1) * KLOZ (92.7) * KWJK (93.1) * KSSZ (93.9) *

KATI KATI (94.3 FM), branded as 94.3 KAT Country, is a radio station which broadcasts country music and St. Louis Cardinals baseball. Licensed to California, Missouri, the station serves the Jefferson City Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, i ...

(94.3) * American Family Radio (94.7) *

KWWR KWWR (95.7 FM), branded as Mix Country 96, is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. It is licensed to Mexico, Missouri, United States, and serves the Columbia, Missouri Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is ...

(95.7) * KCMQ (96.7) * K246CA (97.1) *

KJMO KJMO (97.5 FM) is a radio station serving Central Missouri with a classic hits music format. This station operates on 97.5 MHz HD and is under ownership of Cumulus Broadcasting. , much of the programming featured on KJMO was from Scott Sh ...

(97.5) * KPOW-FM (97.7) * KOTC-LP (98.7) * KCLR-FM (99.3) *

KBBM KBBM (100.1 FM) is a radio station with a country music format. Licensed to Jefferson City, Missouri, the station serves the Mid Missouri area. This station is owned by Cumulus Media. History Easy listening (1974-1978) 100.1 FM KJMO originall ...

(100.1) * KTGR-FM (100.5) * K266CA (101.1) *

KPLA KPLA (101.5 FM) refers to a Cumulus radio station in Columbia, Missouri. KPLA first started out as 101.7 KARO-FM, an "easy listening" station in February 1983. In 1986, it became known as K102. Then in 1994, it became KPLA and has consistently be ...

(101.5) * KZWV (101.9) *

KBXR KBXR 102.3 FM (often referred to simply as BXR) is a local radio station located on Old Highway 63 in Columbia, Missouri. It airs an Adult Album Alternative format with a mixture of alternative rock, classic rock, and more. Features 102-3 BXR in ...

(102.3) * KZJF (104.1) *

KRES KRES (104.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. Licensed to Moberly, Missouri, United States, the station serves the Columbia, Missouri, area. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alph ...

(104.7) * The Good News Voice (104.9) * KZZT (105.5) * KOQL (106.1) * K293AX (106.5) * KTXY (106.9)

AM

* KFAL (900) * KWOS (950) *

KLIK KLIK (1240 AM), branded as Newstalk 1240, is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Jefferson City, Missouri, United States, the station serves the Columbia, Missouri area. The station is currently owned by Cum ...

(1240) *

KXEO KXEO (1340 AM, "AM 1340 KXEO") is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary music format. Licensed to Mexico, Missouri, United States, the station serves the Columbia, Missouri Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It ...

(1340) * KWRT (1370) *

KFRU KFRU (1400 AM) is a radio station located in Columbia, Missouri. Its programming format consists primarily of news and talk. The station is licensed to Cumulus Media. The station is also audible on translator K255DJ 98.9 FM in Columbia. History ...

(1400) *

KTGR KTGR (1580 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format, with programming from the ESPN Radio network. Licensed to Columbia, Missouri Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Boone County and home t ...

(1580)

Transportation

Interstate Highways 70 (concurrent with U.S. 40) and 44 both pass through the region and intersect with each other in

St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

Columbia Regional Airport Columbia Regional Airport is a commercial passenger airport serving Columbia, Missouri. Located about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Columbia in Boone County, Missouri, it is the only commercial airport in Mid-Missouri and also serves the s ...

(COU) is the only commercial airport in Mid-Missouri and is served by

American Eagle The bald eagle (''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla''), which occupies the same niche as ...

with non-stop service to either Dallas/Fort Worth Chicago-O'Hare or Denver International as well as providing

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services.

Highways

Interstate Highways

Interstate 70 Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to a park and ride lot just east of I-695 in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the fifth-longest Interstate in the co ...

Interstate 44 Interstate 44 (I-44) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. Although it is nominally an east–west road as it is even-numbered, it follows a more southwest–northeast alignment. Its western terminus is in Wichita Fal ...

U.S. Highways

U.S. Route 24 U.S. Route 24 (US 24) is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It originally ran from Pontiac, Michigan, in the east to Kansas City, Missouri, in the west. Today, the highway's eastern terminus is in Independence Township, Mic ...

* U.S. Route 36 * U.S. Route 40 (mostly concurrent with I-70) * U.S. Route 50 *

U.S. Route 54 U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is an east–west United States Highway that runs northeast–southwest for from El Paso, Texas, to Griggsville, Illinois. The Union Pacific Railroad's Tucumcari Line (former Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific and ...

* U.S. Route 63 * U.S. Route 65

References

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