Mendon, Missouri

About Mendon

Mendon, MO is a tiny community located in northern Missouri with an estimated population of 164.

Mendon holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.18 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 911 residents per square mile.

📰 Mendon News Today

• Remembering Missouri Amtrak crash 4 years later FOX4KC.com · Jun 27
• Brookfield woman injured in crash near Mendon KTTN · Jul 30
• Austin L. Crepps Obituary Jan 26, 2026 J. Otto Funeral Homes · Jan 26
• Scott Wohlgemuth KMZU.com · Jun 1
• One year later: The deadly Amtrak passenger train derailment in Mendon, Missouri KMBC · Jun 27

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Mendon Unique

• One of 5 places in the US named Mendon — but the Missouri one has a character all its own.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.18 sq mi.
• Positioned in northern Missouri, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Mendon

• Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Yellow Creek Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Mendon

• NORTHWESTERN ELEM.
• NORTHWESTERN HIGH

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Mendon

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