Amity Missouri Map

About Amity, Missouri

Amity is a locality in DeKalb County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 26. The population density is 58.0 people per km². Amity is located at 39.8708°N, 94.4358°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Amity is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64422.

Amity emerges from the flat, open expanse of northwestern Missouri, defined by the quiet persistence of the Castile Creek as it carves a slow, meandering path through the surrounding fields. It lies 22.9 miles east-northeast of Saint Joseph, MO (from Saint Joseph, MO: bearing 72°T), and is situated 13.7 miles northwest of Cameron. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, where the quality of light at dusk stretches long, thin shadows across the dark soil, emphasizing the subtle rise and fall of the terrain that marks the transition between the deeper plains and the more broken ground further south. While Peterson Lake sits nine miles away, its presence is felt only as a distant, cooling memory in the heat of midsummer, leaving the immediate landscape to the rhythmic rustle of seasonal crops and the occasional dense thicket of native brush. The air carries a heavy, honest scent of damp earth and prairie grass, grounded by the steady, low-frequency hum of a region that measures time by the growing season rather than the clock.

Amity maintains a deliberate, self-reliant pace, rooted in an agricultural heritage that continues to shape the local economy and the daily labor of its people. The influence of the nearby Maysville (Willow Brook Lake) provides a rare, managed stillness to the surroundings, offering a space where the pace of life slows to match the stillness of the water. Residents navigate the seasons with a plain-spoken focus, their lives tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the maintenance of the land that has sustained the vicinity for generations. There is a quiet, enduring character to the way the days unfold here, marked by the simple necessity of work and the deep, uncomplicated connection to the soil that remains the primary fiber of existence for those who call Amity home.

About This Amity Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Amity, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.870831, -94.435787. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Amity includes the ZIP code (64422), telephone area code (816), county seat of DeKalb County (Maysville), and school district assignment (Maysville R-I School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.