What Big Missouri Cities Are Most Forgotten?

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With more than 1,000 towns and cities and a population thatā€™s just over 6.1 million people, itā€™s fair to admit that certain parts of the Show-Me State are easier to gloss over than others, with certain Missouri areas falling by the memory wayside overall.  

Of those cities, the places in Missouri that were forgotten the most in a recent survey included Kansas City area suburb Blue Springs and St. Louis suburb Oā€™Fallon, while the stateā€™s capital city and places like St. Charles and St. Joseph were up there as well.  

While waiting on more Missouri sports betting updates, BetMissouri.com wondered which big Missouri cities tend to be forgotten the most. A quiz on Sporcle.com asked respondents to fill in the blanks for the top 10 most populous cities in Missouri. We then ranked the cities based on the percentage of people who remembered them within the quizā€™s time limit.

Top 10 Most Forgotten Populous Missouri Cities

Rank 

City 

% Guessed Correctly 

Blue Springs 

24.8% 

Oā€™Fallon 

28.2% 

Lee's Summit 

32.8% 

St. Charles 

42.9% 

St. Joseph 

43.9% 

Independence 

53.3% 

Columbia 

63.3% 

Springfield 

69.2% 

Kansas City 

93.5% 

10 

St. Louis 

94.5% 

Which Missouri Cities Are The Most Forgotten?

Overall, no city in Missouri was remembered less than the K.C. area hamlet known as Blue Springs, with 24.8% of respondents correctly guessing the Jackson County city with a population just over 58,000 people.  

That figure put Blue Springs behind other suburban parts of the Show-Me State like Oā€™Fallon (28.2%), Leeā€™s Summit (32.8%), St. Charles (42.9%) and St. Joseph (43.9%).  

Throw in fellow suburban hotspot Independence (53.3%) and the home of the University of Missouri (Columbia, at 63.3%) and you have the majority of the Missouri forgotten cities list covered, with places like Springfield (69.2), Kansas City (93.5%) and St. Louis (94.5%).  

All in all, none of those Missouri hamlets held a candle to the stateā€™s most forgotten place, though, with Blue Springs taking home that distinction in 2025, ahead of a worthy cast of Show-Me State hotspots.  

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Author

Christopher Boan

Christopher Boan is a lead writer for BetMissouri.com, specializing in covering state issues. He has covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.

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