Carytown Missouri Map

About Carytown, Missouri

Carytown is a locality in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 287. The population density is 7.7 people per km². Carytown is located at 37.2615°N, 94.3345°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carytown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64836.

Carytown emerges from the landscape as a quiet confluence of prairie expanse and the persistent, low-slung channel of the Dry Fork. It lies 6.2 miles north of Carthage, MO (from Carthage, MO: bearing 0°T), and is situated 16.9 miles northeast of Joplin. This waterway carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the earth, its banks gathering the amber light of late afternoon as the sun descends behind the distant, shadowed silhouettes of the Ozark hills. The land here holds the stillness of the interior, where the air possesses a crisp, earthen clarity and the horizon stretches wide, indifferent to the hurried pace of the world beyond these fields. A few miles to the east, the stillness of Maple Lane Farms Lake mirrors the deepening violet of the sky, offering a solitary reflection of the vast, open canopy that defines this section of the state.

Carytown maintains a steady, deliberate pulse, rooted in an economy that draws its strength from the fertile soil and the quiet endurance of those who tend it. The legacy of the region remains etched into the architecture of its modest storefronts and the plain-spoken character of its residents, who carry the heritage of earlier settlers in the way they organize their days and work the land. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the recreational quietude of Kellogg Lake Park provides a space for the local rhythm to slow even further, inviting a pause amidst the native woodland. Life here moves with a quiet, internal consistency, a testament to a place that prefers the depth of its own routines over the noise of distant, crowded centers.

About This Carytown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carytown, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.26155, -94.33446. 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 Carytown includes the ZIP code (64836), telephone area code (816), county seat of Jasper County (Carthage), and school district assignment (Jasper County R-V 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.