Zalma, Missouri

About Zalma

Zalma, MO is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern Missouri.

Zalma holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.21 square miles.

📰 Zalma News Today

• Driver, passenger injured in 2-vehicle crash KFVS12 · Jun 25
• Robbie Joyce Lemons Obituary (2026) - Zalma, MO - Monarch Cremation Legacy obituary · Feb 26
• Aaron Rohan Obituary (2026) - Zalma, MO - White-Sanders Funeral Home - Fisk Legacy obituary · Apr 1
• Zalma, MO Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Sep 1
• Zalma, Missouri Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Zalma Unique

• The only place in America named Zalma — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.21 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Missouri, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Zalma

• Dark Cypress Swamp State Wildlife Area reviews ★
• Duck Creek Conservation Area reviews ★
• Duck Creek State Wildlife Management Area reviews ★
• Sank State Wildlife Area reviews ★

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

🏫 Schools in Zalma

• ZALMA ELEM.
• ZALMA HIGH

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

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