Explore Bunceton, 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 Bunceton, 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 Bunceton.
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 | Bunceton |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Cooper County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.788078 |
| Longitude | -92.799359 |
| Population | 334 |
| Density | 136.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 65237 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| County Seat | Boonville |
| School District | Cooper County R-IV School District |
Bunceton emerges from the expansive Missouri prairie as a quiet congregation of brick storefronts and modest homes anchored by the patient, steady flow of Stephens Branch. It lies 23.8 miles east-northeast of Sedalia, MO (from Sedalia, MO: bearing 76°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north of Tipton. The air here holds the dry, sweet scent of sun-warmed grasses, and the light at dusk stretches long and amber across fields that have been tilled for generations. To the far horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Devils Backbone serves as a distant reminder of the rugged geological shifts that shaped the wider region, while Friedrich Lake waits nine miles away as a still, reflective glass beneath the open sky. The land itself is a study in quiet persistence, where the earth yields to the seasons with a predictable, rhythmic grace that defines the character of the soil and the people who work it.
Bunceton maintains a modest economy rooted in the agricultural traditions of the Show-Me state, where the labor of the farmstead dictates the pace of the calendar. Long ago, settlers drawn by the promise of fertile plains established the foundations of this locality, weaving together threads of industry and community that remain visible in the sturdy architecture of the center. Residents often look toward the Katy Trail for a connection to the natural landscape, finding a reprieve in the miles of path that trace the legacy of old rail lines. There is a plain-spoken integrity in the way the inhabitants organize their days, a quiet acknowledgment of the heritage that binds them to this specific expanse of land. Life here moves with the measured intensity of the changing crops, maintaining a steady, grounded existence that favors the endurance of the harvest over the haste of the modern world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bunceton, Missouri. Coordinates: 38.788078, -92.799359. 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 Bunceton includes the ZIP code (65237), telephone area code (573), county seat of Cooper County (Boonville), and school district assignment (Cooper County R-IV 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. |