Junction City, MO

Junction City is a village in Madison County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 283 residents. Junction City is in northeastern Madison County, bordered to the south by Fredericktown, the county seat. Missouri Route 72 passes through the village, leading west 2 miles to U.S. Route 67 and east 40 miles to Jackson. That mix gives Junction City a clear local shape within Missouri, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. The village is within the watershed of the Little St. Francis River.