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Arbela Missouri Map

Explore Arbela, Missouri, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Arbela, Missouri

How to Use This Arbela, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Arbela, Missouri. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Missouri or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Arbela.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityArbela
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyScotland County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.462536
Longitude-92.016842
Population24
Density103.0 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code63432
Area Code314
County SeatMemphis
School DistrictScotland County R-I School District

About Arbela, Missouri

Arbela is a locality in Scotland County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 24. The population density is 103.0 people per km². Arbela is located at 40.4625°N, 92.0168°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Arbela is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63432.

Arbela marks its presence upon the expansive Missouri plains with a quiet, persistent gravity that anchors the surrounding agricultural landscape. It lies 35.1 miles east-northeast of Kirksville, MO (from Kirksville, MO: bearing 58°T), and is situated 15.9 miles west of Kahoka. The Old Channel South Wyaconda River carves a deliberate, winding path through the heavy silt and loam near the settlement, its waters often reflecting the muted, bruised colors of a shifting Midwestern sky. Beyond the immediate fields, the horizon remains open and vast, though the distant silhouette of Deer Ridge occasionally catches the amber light of a late afternoon sun, grounding the infinite flatness of the region in a solid, geological reality. In the stillness of the early morning, the air possesses a crisp, metallic clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every silo and fence line, revealing a terrain defined by the patient labor of generations who have worked this soil beneath an unyielding, high-vaulted sky.

Arbela functions as a singular point of focus for the local farming economy, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the measured pulse of the day. The history of the place remains etched in the modest architecture and the deliberate, plain-spoken habits of those who maintain its thoroughfares, far removed from the clamor of the state’s urban centers. While the Ewing (Ella) Lake Conservation Area offers a quiet sanctuary for local wildlife and those seeking the solitude of the tallgrass, the rhythm of daily life here stays tethered to the steady output of the surrounding acreage. Even the nearby waters of Kerrs Pond serve as a minor, reflective anchor in the landscape, a place where the stillness of the prairie is mirrored perfectly in the surface of the water, undisturbed by the hurried complications of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Sunrise Mural (Public Artwork) — 8.0 mi, 268° W
  • Gorin Schoolhouse Bell (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 267° W
  • Barnette Statue (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 267° W
  • Heath (Charlie) Memorial Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 036° NE
  • Fox Valley Lake Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 091° E
  • Lacey-Keosauqua State Park (State Park) — 16.1 mi, 006° N
  • Shimek State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 16.5 mi, 003° N
  • Pioneer Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 050° NE
  • Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.5 mi, 108° E · 10k acres
  • Davis County Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 314° NW
  • Redwing Area Access (State Recreation Area) — 29.3 mi, 100° E
  • Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 33.5 mi, 097° E
  • Nauvoo Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 33.5 mi, 081° E
  • Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 33.7 mi, 098° E
  • Samuel F Miller House Museum (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 097° E
  • Nauvoo Martyrdom Museum (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 080° E
  • Weld House Museum (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 080° E
  • Ray Klinginsmith Amphitheater (Theatre) — 34.5 mi, 239° SW
  • Canton CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 35.0 mi, 131° SE
  • Gallery 104 (Gallery) — 35.1 mi, 238° SW
  • University Theatre (Theatre) — 35.1 mi, 238° SW
  • Truman State Art Gallery (Gallery) — 35.2 mi, 238° SW
  • Thousand Hills State Park (State Park) — 36.7 mi, 239° SW
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.6 mi, 200° S · 3,906 acres
  • CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 38.7 mi, 072° E
  • ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 38.7 mi, 072° E

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About This Arbela Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arbela, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.462536, -92.016842. 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 Arbela includes the ZIP code (63432), telephone area code (314), county seat of Scotland County (Memphis), and school district assignment (Scotland County R-I School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.