Seymour is a city in Webster County , Missouri , United States . The population was 1,834 at the 2000 census.The City of Seymour has an alderman/mayor government structure. The current mayor of Seymour is Jerry Miller. The current Chief of Police is Jeff Rogers. Seymour has one grocery store, three gas stations, two banks, a YMCA, one high school, two elementary schools and one middle school, a modern public library, and a town museum is in the works. Seymour has an active Lions Club, Arts Council and a Masonic Lodge. View of Seymour, Missouri town square, looking to the south on the west side. Seymour has an award winning weekly newspaper whose office is located on the west side of the town square; the Webster County Citizen is edited by Dan Whemer. The Seymour Merchants Association holds an annual Apple Festival the second weekend of every September. Crowds of up to 30,000 people descend on the town to buy handmade crafts and listen to live gospel music. There is still an apple orchard in Seymour. Outside of Seymour is a large Old Order Amish Community who provide to the local economy. The local McDonalds, Bank, Post Office and several other businesses have hitching post for Amish Buggies. The Town has three murals painted on building sides on the square, one depicts rolling hills of the surrounding Ozarks, and another depicts the former train depot in 1881.