Clarksdale Missouri Map

About Clarksdale, Missouri

Clarksdale is a locality in DeKalb County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 245. The population density is 292.0 people per km². Clarksdale is located at 39.8136°N, 94.5505°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Clarksdale is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64430.

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.

About This Clarksdale Map Page

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).

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.