Blodgett Missouri Map

About Blodgett, Missouri

Blodgett is a locality in Scott County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 209. The population density is 616.0 people per km². Blodgett is located at 37.0042°N, 89.5270°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Blodgett is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63824.

Blodgett occupies a expanse of flat, fertile earth where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the heavy shadows of distant peaks. It lies 9.4 miles north-northeast of Sikeston, MO (from Sikeston, MO: bearing 21°T), and is situated 11.3 miles west-northwest of Charleston. The land here leans into the sky with a quiet patience, characterized by the dark, nutrient-rich soil that defines the regional plains. A mile away, the quiet course of Town Ditch draws a thin, reflective line through the fields, marking the low points where the earth holds its moisture after the spring rains. During the hush of late afternoon, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, casting long silhouettes across the rows of crops that reach toward the General Watkins Conservation Area, a sanctuary of wilder grasses and timber situated six miles to the west.

Blodgett maintains a steady, deliberate pace rooted in the agricultural cycles that have long dictated the rhythm of the local economy. The village emerged as a waypoint for the harvest, and today it remains a place where the work of the fields—the turning of soil and the gathering of grain—forms the bedrock of daily life. While the quietude of the plains suggests a stillness, the area is defined by the industriousness of those who tend the land and monitor the seasonal shifts. Residents often travel toward Jackson Hill, eleven miles off, to gain a higher vantage over the expanse, or look toward the water at Grand Lake for a change in the scenery. In the cooling air of evening, the mechanical hum of machinery fading into the distance leaves Blodgett to the chirping of crickets and the vast, unobstructed clarity of the Missouri night.

About This Blodgett Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blodgett, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.004216, -89.527025. 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 Blodgett includes the ZIP code (63824), telephone area code (816), county seat of Scott County (Benton), and school district assignment (Scott County R-IV 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.