Explore Brownington, 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 Brownington, 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 Brownington.
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 | Brownington |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Henry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.245858 |
| Longitude | -93.722989 |
| Population | 71 |
| Density | 226.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 64740 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| County Seat | Clinton |
| School District | Lakeland R-III School District |
Brownington occupies a quiet stretch of land where the transition from the broader prairie to the rugged terrain of the interior begins to take hold. It lies 35.7 miles south of Warrensburg, MO (from Warrensburg, MO: bearing 179°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-southeast of Clinton. The landscape around Brownington is defined by the steady, modest flow of Big Otter Creek, which carves a path through the earth just a mile away, and the expansive, still waters of Harry S Truman Reservoir nearby. Shadows lengthen across the fields as the sun dips behind the distant silhouette of Tick Ridge, casting a cool, slate-colored light that seems to sharpen the textures of the tall grasses and the weathered fence lines. Within the immediate footprint of the Harry Truman Recreation Area, the air carries a crisp, earthen scent, marking the rhythm of a place where the horizon remains wide and the wind moves with an uninterrupted, restless purpose.
Economic life in this part of the state has long been tethered to the slow, deliberate cycles of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the regional climate. History here reflects the persistence of settlers who moved across the plains, finding purpose in the fertile basins like Butler Hollow and the wooded drainage of local waterways. Residents often find a familiar comfort in the plain-spoken pace of daily routines, where the labor of maintenance and the quiet observation of the changing seasons take precedence over the rush of modern sprawl. The legacy of the land remains etched in the character of those who stay, favoring a life that values the stillness of a late afternoon and the deep, enduring connection to a geography that demands patience and respect.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brownington, Missouri. Coordinates: 38.245858, -93.722989. 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 Brownington includes the ZIP code (64740), telephone area code (816), county seat of Henry County (Clinton), and school district assignment (Lakeland R-III 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. |