List of cities in Missouri
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Missouri is a state located in the Midwestern United States. In Missouri, cities are classified into three types: 3rd Class, 4th Class, and those under constitutional charters. A few older cities are incorporated under legislative charters (Carrollton, Chillicothe, LaGrange, Liberty, Miami, Missouri City, and Pleasant Hill) which are no longer allowed. (Carthage is also a Charter City and Charter Cities are by constitution not legislation and are still allowed to this day). The level at which they incorporate is determined by their population when they incorporate. They do not change if they gain or lose in population, unless a vote is held by the people.
A municipality incorporates as a 4th Class city if the population is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may incorporate as a village<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> – see list of villages in Missouri). It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There is more flexibility in government for 3rd Class cities than 4th Class.
Cities under constitutional charters may operate under any form of municipal government if it is enacted in the city's charter.
Largest cities
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Kansas City, largest city in Missouri
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St. Louis, second-largest city
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Springfield, third-largest city
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Columbia, fourth-largest city
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Independence, a satellite city of Kansas City and the fifth-largest city
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Jefferson City, state capital and sixteenth-largest city
List of municipalities
Population data based on 2024 estimates.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
References
- Official Manual State of Missouri 2005-2006. Issued by the Secretary of State. Jefferson City, Missouri.
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