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A town of 40.

Population
40
residents
Median age
34.9
years
Land area
0 sq mi
Small town

40 people, and everyone knows the way

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Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Baring has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 86°, a January night drops to 17°, and about 20 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

20″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter20–37°
Spring41–63°
Summer63–84°
Fall43–65°
Oct 17
typical first frost
Apr 23
typical last frost
+0.8°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Baring is

Baring beats the Missouri average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7.

32 measures vs. Missouri
0 better25 too close to call7 worse
What stands outBaringMO
More older adults who have lost all their teeth28.8%15.8%
More adults with COPD11%8%
More smokers21.3%16%
Scotland County Hospital
15.4 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Natural hazards

High risk, with heat waves at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities.

60risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
60High riskLowerHigher
Heat wavesInland floodingTornadoes
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Baring (vicinity), Missouri. Missouri farmstead along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Madison, Iowa…
1943 · Baring (vicinity), Missouri. Missouri farmstead along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Madison, Iowa… · Library of Congress
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Baring in pictures

6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Baring (vicinity), Missouri. Missouri farmstead along the Atchison, Topeka, and Sa…Baring, Missouri. The coal chute along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Fort Madison, Iowa and Marce…Baring, Missouri. Going through the town on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Fort Madison, Iowa and …
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About Baring

City in Missouri, United States

Baring is a city in northern Knox County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population is 125. Baring is located on the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe railroad's mainline between Chicago and Los Angeles, which can carry heavy mixed freight and intermodal traffic, as well as Amtrak's Southwest Chief passenger train.

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Population
125
Area
0.1 sq mi
Elevation
820 ft
ZIP code
63531

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