Explore Bourbon, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bourbon, 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 Bourbon.
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 | Bourbon |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Crawford County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.150583 |
| Longitude | -91.249276 |
| Population | 1,567 |
| Density | 452.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 65284, 65441 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| County Seat | Steelville |
| School District | Crawford County R-I School District |
Bourbon sits where the expansive horizon of the plains begins to yield to the patient, limestone-heavy architecture of the Ozark foothills. It lies 24.1 miles south-southwest of Union, MO (from Union, MO: bearing 212°T), and is situated 5.8 miles southwest of Sullivan. Blue Springs Creek traces a cool, winding path through the landscape, its waters carving a quiet rhythm into the geology of the region. To the east, the elevation climbs toward the distant silhouette of Pea Ridge, while the earth nearby folds into the limestone-sheltered depths of Wildcat Hollow. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised clarity, catching the edges of the hardwoods and illuminating the limestone outcroppings that define the local terrain. A brief walk from the center of Bourbon leads to the shaded grounds of Bourbon Park, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the rustle of wind through oak and hickory.
Bourbon grew from the necessity of the land, its economy long tethered to the extraction of minerals and the quiet labor of agriculture that characterizes this stretch of Missouri. The memory of lead and zinc mining lingers in the local identity, a testament to the industrial pulse that once quickened the pace of daily existence. Beyond the reach of the busier transit corridors, the days follow a steady, unadorned cadence, reflecting a plain-spoken resilience that honors the German and Bohemian threads of the early settlers. Residents often find respite in the stillness of Bluff Lake, a short distance away, where the water mirrors the shifting gray and amber of the sky. Life in Bourbon remains rooted in the heavy, fertile soil, where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the slow, seasonal turning of the woods and the persistent, clear flow of the creek.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bourbon, Missouri. Coordinates: 38.150583, -91.249276. 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 Bourbon includes the ZIP code (65284, 65441), telephone area code (573), county seat of Crawford County (Steelville), and school district assignment (Crawford 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |