Carterville Missouri Map

About Carterville, Missouri

Carterville is a locality in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,855. The population density is 274.7 people per km². Carterville is located at 37.1492°N, 94.4430°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carterville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 64835, 64870.

Carterville occupies a stretch of the Jasper County landscape where the flat, expansive prairie meets the subtle, stubborn rise of the Ozark foothills. It lies 1.1 miles east of Webb City, MO (from Webb City, MO: bearing 80°T), and is situated 5.9 miles northeast of Joplin. The horizon remains wide and open, holding a quality of light at dusk that turns the dry grasses into shades of burnished copper and thin, bruised violet. Water flows quiet and low through the nearby channels of Bens Branch, carving a modest path through the earth that remains mostly hidden from the main roads. Residents often find their way to the quiet perimeter of Comet'S Park, a patch of green that anchors the local geography, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Blue Mound serves as a silent, fixed northern marker against the vast Missouri sky.

Carterville emerged from the earth’s own abundance, built upon the hard-won spoils of a lead and zinc mining legacy that once defined the rhythm of its daily labor. Though the heavy machinery of the past has long since fallen silent, the town retains the grit of those industrious decades, favoring a plain-spoken character that values the weight of a person’s word above all else. The local economy has shifted away from the deep shafts to more modest enterprises, yet the land itself keeps the memory of its subterranean wealth in the occasional depression or rocky outcropping. On warm afternoons, the air carries a faint, dry scent of limestone and dust, a reminder of the bedrock that supports the homes and streets of Carterville as they settle slowly into the quiet, interior life of the plains.

About This Carterville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carterville, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.149225, -94.443003. 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 Carterville includes the ZIP code (64835, 64870), telephone area code (816), county seat of Jasper County (Carthage), and school district assignment (Webb City R-VII 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.