Blackburn Missouri Map

About Blackburn, Missouri

Blackburn is a locality in Saline County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 240. The population density is 236.7 people per km². Blackburn is located at 39.1064°N, 93.4835°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 64001.

Blackburn rests in a gentle depression, a place where the land settles into itself with a quiet sigh. It lies 43.3 miles east of Blue Springs, MO (from Blue Springs, MO: bearing 82°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-north-east of Concordia. Rolling fields, the color of dried straw under the late summer sun, stretch out in broad swathes, broken only by the darker green of scattered farmsteads and the silver threads of drainage ditches. The air here carries a faint sweetness, a blend of ripening corn and the dust stirred by the infrequent passing of a pickup truck. Tall, unpretentious silos stand sentinel against the vast Missouri sky, their concrete skins bleached by countless seasons, hinting at the quiet industry that shapes this landscape. This is a corner of Saline County where the past is not so much a monument as a subtle undercurrent. The economy of Blackburn has long been tied to the generous soil, a tradition of farming that has seen generations work the same fields, coaxing sustenance from the earth. While the larger agricultural operations of today have shifted some of the old rhythms, the spirit of reliance on the land persists. You can still see it in the way the houses are spaced, each with its own patch of yard, and in the enduring presence of the grain elevator, a hub for the lifeblood of this place. The quiet hum of machinery, the distant lowing of cattle, these are the sounds that define Blackburn's enduring character.

About This Blackburn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blackburn, Missouri — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.106408, -93.483544. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Blackburn and Saline County.

Detailed location data for Blackburn includes the ZIP code (65321), telephone area code (573, 816), county seat of Saline County (Marshall), and school district assignment (Santa Fe R-X School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Blackburn is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.