Hermitage

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Hermitage

Total population

734

Median home value

$126,300

15.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$25,833

Hermitage$26k

National$74k

Elevation250 m

Land area3.23 km²

Weather77°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates37.95°, -93.33°

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

Hermitage is a city in and the county seat of Hickory County, Missouri, United States, on the Pomme de Terre River. The population was 621 at the 2020 census. The John Siddles Williams House on Museum Street in Hermitage, on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980, houses the Hickory County Historical Society Museum and Research Room.

History & geography

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

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

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

Current forecast

Forecast for Hermitage, MO from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

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

Notable people from here

T

Tom Wade Huntington

American actor

Mike Parson

57th governor of Missouri

H

Harold Howard Wonacott

American photographer, postcard publisher, and business owner

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

Nearby places in Missouri

• Preston
  6.3 mi away
• Humansville
  17 mi away · pop. 1,058
• Climax Springs
  18.5 mi away · pop. 7
• Macks Creek
  19.8 mi away
• Bolivar
  23.9 mi away · pop. 11,170
• Fair Play
  25.4 mi away · pop. 595
• Roscoe
  26.7 mi away
• Bennett Springs
  29.6 mi away · pop. 135
• Stockton
  30.7 mi away
• Morrisville
  32.7 mi away
• Pleasant Hope
  33.3 mi away
• Sunrise Beach
  33.3 mi away

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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 Hermitage

A place of light

Clarence Raymond Decker · 1954

The experience of literature

Gene Montague · 1966

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

James Edwin Miller · 1952

Sportsmen and gamesmen

John Dizikes · 1981

The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition

James Edwin Miller · 1973

Ships, swindlers, and scalded hogs

Frederic B. Hill · 2016

A look inside 33 school districts

D.C.) Center on Education Policy (Washington · 2004

Presidential retreats

Peter Hannaford · 2012

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 181 mi
• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 186 mi
• Wildfire WRIGHT, Hughes, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-29 · 243 mi

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