Central Missouri

Central Region is in central Missouri and home of the state capital Jefferson City.

Cities

State of Missouri

North

These cities and towns are on or near the I-70 or US50 corridor from St. Louis to Kansas City:

• 🌍 Jefferson City — state capital of Missouri
• 🌍 Boonville — starting point of the Santa Fe Trail
• 🌍 Clinton — the starting point of the Katy Trail
• 🌍 Columbia — home of the University of Missouri - Columbia
• 🌍 Fulton — site of Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech
• 🌍 Hermann
• 🌍 Sedalia — birthplace of composer Scott Joplin, the "King of Ragtime."
• 🌍 Versailles
• 🌍 Warsaw — close to the Truman State Park.

South

These cities and towns appear primarily along the former US Route 66 from St. Louis to Springfield:

• 🌍 Bourbon
• 🌍 Conway
• 🌍 Cuba
• 🌍 Lebanon
• 🌍 Jerome
• 🌍 Rolla , home of the University of Missouri - Rolla
• 🌍 Salem
• 🌍 St. Robert

Other destinations

Lake of the Ozarks

Understand

Get in

Columbia Regional Airport (COU ^IATA)

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Itineraries

The Santa Fe Trail originates in this region.

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