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Benton City Missouri Map

Explore Benton City, 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 Benton City, Missouri

How to Use This Benton City, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Benton City, 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 Benton City.

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.

City	Benton City
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Audrain County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.09934
Longitude	-89.560521
Population	866
Density	525.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	65232
Area Code	573
County Seat	Mexico
School District	Scott County R-IV School District

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About Benton City, Missouri

Benton City is a locality in Audrain County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 866. The population density is 525.7 people per km². Benton City is located at 37.0993°N, 89.5605°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Benton City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65232.

Benton City occupies a quiet expanse of the Missouri landscape where the earth settles into a patient, rhythmic stretch of farmland and prairie. It lies 6.8 miles east-southeast of Mexico, MO (from Mexico, MO: bearing 111°T), and is situated 19.2 miles southwest of Vandalia. Littleby Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the soil, its presence marked by the thick, dark green of trees that lean over the water to catch the afternoon light. To the far horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Devils Backbone suggests a rugged world far removed from these level fields. The air here carries a dry, earthen clarity, especially toward dusk when the shadows from the barns grow long and the pale, flat sky turns the color of weathered limestone.

Benton City maintains a pace defined by the cycle of the seasons and the steady work of the agricultural economy that has sustained the families here for generations. Life feels tethered to the modest, functional architecture of the plains, where the occasional excursion toward Teal Lake Park or a fishing trip to the quiet waters of Howard Fairchild Lake serve as the primary diversions from the labor of the day. The local character is marked by a plain-spoken reserve, a legacy of the settlers who worked this land into productivity. Even in the stillness, there is a visible weight to the history of the place, reflected in the sturdy, unadorned buildings that house the town’s daily commerce and define its modest, enduring identity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

General Watkins Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 232° SW
Sand Prairie Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 089° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.3 mi, 312° NW
Commerce Access (State Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 057° NE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 9.5 mi, 055° NE · 274k acres
(former Site) Terrace Inn (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 360° N
Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 12.7 mi, 027° NE · 3,877 acres
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 12.9 mi, 087° E
World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 357° N
Fort D (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 008° N
Malco (Cinema) — 15.1 mi, 182° S
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.8 mi, 085° E · 33k acres
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 355° N
Desert Storm Memorial (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 107° E
Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 22.6 mi, 107° E
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 22.7 mi, 107° E
Caboose (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 107° E
Trail Of Tears State Park (State Park) — 23.4 mi, 010° N
Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 156° SE
Lowest Point in Illinois (Viewpoint) — 24.5 mi, 109° E
Ceremonial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 27.3 mi, 109° E
Ozark Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 29.1 mi, 023° NE
Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.5 mi, 019° N · 5,830 acres
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.5 mi, 263° W · 43k acres
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 30.6 mi, 011° N · 1,959 acres
Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.1 mi, 015° N · 4,739 acres
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 34.4 mi, 029° NE
Alto Clay Works (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 022° N
Shawnee Cave Amphitheater (Theatre) — 40.4 mi, 019° N
Malden Army Airfield Museum (Museum) — 41.9 mi, 215° SW

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