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Welcome to Callaway County ...

Time Zone: Callaway County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Fulton is the Seat for Callaway County.

Callaway County was founded in 1821. Callaway was created by taking area from Boone, Howard and Montgomery Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Callaway had a population of 44,743 people. This is an increase of 0.98% since the last Census (which gave a population of 44,310 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Callaway represented 0.74% of the total population of Missouri.

Below are some of the communities located in Callaway County:

  • Auxvasse
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Fulton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Fulton is located in Callaway County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,549 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <2>
  • Holts Summit
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingdom City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mokane
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mokane is located in Callaway County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mokane <2>
  • New Bloomfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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