Brandsville Missouri Map

About Brandsville, Missouri

Brandsville is a locality in Howell County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 139. The population density is 133.8 people per km². Brandsville is located at 36.6503°N, 91.6901°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 65688.

Brandsville rests in a hollow of rolling Ozark hills, where the land dips and rises like a slumbering beast under a sky that can shift from the hard, bright blue of high summer to the bruised, heavy gray of an approaching storm. It lies 78.0 miles west-north-west of Paragould, AR (from Paragould, AR: bearing 302°T), and is situated 10.5 miles east-south-east of West Plains. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a fragrance that intensifies after a rain, clinging to the weathered wood of the few scattered houses and the corrugated metal roofs of the barns. The terrain is a study in gentle persistence, with creek beds snaking through the valleys, often dry in the heat of August but capable of swelling into muddy torrents when the clouds finally break. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy of oak and hickory, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the quiet air of the general store and lending a fleeting, almost sacred glow to the fields of soybeans and corn that flank the winding county roads. The history of Brandsville is etched not in grand monuments but in the slow, steady work of generations who coaxed a living from this often unforgiving soil. It was a place that grew organically, a scattering of homesteads that coalesced around the promise of fertile land and the necessity of communal support. The local economy has long been tied to the earth, with agriculture forming the backbone of its existence, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of life. Though not a place of bustling industry, the quiet hum of machinery from nearby farms and the occasional truck rumbling along the highway are the sounds that define its economic character. There are no famous sons or daughters who made headlines beyond these hills, but the collective memory of Brandsville is rich with the stories of resilient families who weathered droughts and floods, their lives intertwined with the enduring spirit of the Ozarks.

About This Brandsville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brandsville, Missouri — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 36.650338, -91.690145. 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 Brandsville and Howell County.

Detailed location data for Brandsville includes the ZIP code (65688), telephone area code (417), county seat of Howell County (West Plains), and school district assignment (Oregon-Howell R-III 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 Brandsville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.