Philadelphia, Missouri

Philadelphia is in western Marion County, west of Palmyra, the county seat, north of Monroe City, east of Shelbyville, and south of Ewing. Hannibal, the largest city in Marion County, is to the southeast on the Mississippi River. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Philadelphia CDP has an area of , all land. The community drains north to a tributary of the South Fabius River and south to a tributary of the North River. Both rivers flow east to the Mississippi. ==Demographics==