Appleton City

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Appleton City

Total population

1,221

Founded

1870

Elevation267 m

Land area2.97 km²

Weather36°F · Chance Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy

Coordinates38.19°, -94.03°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Appleton City is a city in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,032 as of the 2020 census. It is the most populous city in St. Clair County.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Appleton City, MO from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

V

Vester Pegg

American actor (1889-1951)

B

Byron Calame

American journalist

D

Donald L. Cox

member of the Black Panther Party (1936-2011)

Ivah Wills Coburn

actor

J

Jim Kalberloh

American politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Missouri

• Montrose
  5.4 mi away
• Rockville
  8.6 mi away
• Hartwell
  17.4 mi away
• Urich
  18.7 mi away
• Roscoe
  18.9 mi away
• Vista
  24.4 mi away
• Metz
  26.1 mi away · pop. 7
• Archie
  26.5 mi away
• Tightwad
  27.7 mi away
• Chilhowee
  29.1 mi away · pop. 232
• La Tour
  30.9 mi away · pop. 132
• Stotesbury
  32.6 mi away

Browse all places in Missouri →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Appleton City

Appletons' hand-book of American travel

Edward H. Hall · 1867

What I Saw In California

Edwin Bryant · 1848

1990 census of population and housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1992

Recollections and opinions of an old pioneer

Peter H. Burnett · 1880

The Story of The Committee of 300

John Coleman · 2000

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 156 mi
• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 160 mi
• Wildfire WRIGHT, Hughes, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-29 · 235 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-09-24

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Seen 2026-09-24

Viceroy

Limenitis archippus

Seen 2026-09-17

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Seen 2026-09-17

Wilson's Snipe

Gallinago delicata

Seen 2026-09-01

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

Seen 2026-08-28

Double-crested Cormorant

Nannopterum auritum

Seen 2026-08-17

partridge pea

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Seen 2026-08-09

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).