Explore Clarksdale, 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 Clarksdale, 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 Clarksdale.
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 | Clarksdale |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | DeKalb County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.813608 |
| Longitude | -94.550512 |
| Population | 245 |
| Density | 292.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 64430 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| County Seat | Maysville |
| School District | Maysville R-I School District |
Clarksdale reveals itself through the steady, quiet pulse of the Missouri landscape where the Little Third Fork threads a ribbon of moisture through the deepening soil. It lies 16.0 miles east-northeast of Saint Joseph, MO (from Saint Joseph, MO: bearing 79°T), and is situated 16.0 miles east-northeast of St. Joseph. Joseph. The horizon remains vast and unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of Yankee Ridge far to the west, which catches the final, bruised light of the sun at dusk. Fields of corn and soybean stretch toward the horizon, punctuated by the stillness of woodlots that hold the morning frost long after the sun has climbed. While the terrain remains largely flat, the land possesses a subtle, ancient weight, anchored by the slow, rhythmic accumulation of silt and the persistent gravity of the plains.
History in Clarksdale echoes the labor of those who cleared the timber to turn the prairie into a grid of productive, fertile earth. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, a rhythm that dictates the pace of the day and the quiet ambition of the local grain elevators. Residents often find solace in the nearby Pony Express Lake Conservation Area, where the land is left to its own quiet devices, or they look toward the calm, reflective surface of Peterson Lake when the heat of summer settles heavy upon the rafters. Life here is defined by an understated resilience, a plain-spoken endurance that favors the steady work of the seasons over the clamor of the outside world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clarksdale, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.813608, -94.550512. 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 Clarksdale includes the ZIP code (64430), telephone area code (816), county seat of DeKalb County (Maysville), and school district assignment (Maysville R-I 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. |