Plato, MO

Plato is an incorporated village in northwestern Texas County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 82 residents. Plato is located approximately 20 miles northwest of Houston and 10 miles south of Fort Leonard Wood on Route 32. The community was founded in 1874 and is named after the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Plato's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Missouri setting. The local scoop is how Plato's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The Bates-Geers House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.