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Clarkton Missouri Map

Explore Clarkton, 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.

Interactive Map of Clarkton, Missouri

How to Use This Clarkton, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Clarkton, 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 Clarkton.

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.

CityClarkton
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyDunklin County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude36.451728
Longitude-89.967035
Population1,009
Density345.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code63837
Area Code816
County SeatKennett
School DistrictClarkton C-4 School District

About Clarkton, Missouri

Clarkton is a locality in Dunklin County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,009. The population density is 345.1 people per km². Clarkton is located at 36.4517°N, 89.9670°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Clarkton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63837.

Clarkton occupies a flat, expansive reach of the bootheel where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the shadow of any distant peak. It lies 15.7 miles north-northeast of Kennett, MO (from Kennett, MO: bearing 18°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south of Malden. The earth here is dark and heavy, a profound loam that holds the heat of the sun long after the light has faded into a pale, bruised violet. Only a mile away, the Main Ditch cuts a precise, utilitarian line through the fields, its banks serving as a quiet artery for the surrounding agricultural expanse. To the west, the subtle rise of Sand Ridge marks the edge of the lowlands, while the more distant Wilhelmina State Forest offers a darker, dense contrast to the open rows of crops that define the immediate view. In the humid stillness of a summer afternoon, the air feels thick and laden with the scent of damp soil and growing things, a reminder that the land dictates the pace of every hour.

Clarkton carries the quiet weight of generations who anchored their lives to the cultivation of this fertile plain. The local economy remains tethered to the harvest, with the rhythm of the seasons governing the movement of trucks and the activity of the grain elevators that rise like monoliths against the sky. While life is defined by the steady work of the fields, residents often look toward Beckwith Park for a moment of respite, or venture further toward the quiet shores of Devasia Lake when the heat becomes absolute. There is a distinct, plain-spoken resilience in the people, a character forged by the demanding cycles of the soil and the isolation of the wide, flat plains. Here, the history of the region is not written in grand monuments, but in the enduring persistence of a place that remains deeply, stubbornly committed to the land that provides its living.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Morris State Park (State Park) — 7.3 mi, 329° NW
  • Frisbee Cutoff Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.2 mi, 220° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.0 mi, 355° N
  • Malden Army Airfield Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 353° N
  • Veterans Wall of Honor (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 355° N
  • Chalk Bluff Trail Access (State Recreation Area) — 10.5 mi, 280° W
  • Wilhelmina Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 298° NW
  • Saint Francis Sunken Lands (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 208° SW
  • Pfeiffer Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 251° W
  • Hemingway-Pfieffer Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 251° W
  • Jones outdoor Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 16.2 mi, 198° S
  • Caboose (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 001° N
  • Battle of Island 10 (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 091° E
  • Reelfoot (State Park) — 29.1 mi, 099° E
  • John Sappington Marmaduke Memorial Sign (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 232° SW
  • Veterans Appreciation Stone Slab (Monument) — 29.7 mi, 232° SW
  • Cooter Auxillary Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 30.5 mi, 160° S
  • Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 31.8 mi, 326° NW · 1.5M acres
  • Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 32.1 mi, 108° E
  • Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.3 mi, 194° S · 22k acres
  • Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.5 mi, 194° S · 2,280 acres
  • Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.9 mi, 339° N · 43k acres
  • Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 36.5 mi, 337° NW · 7,890 acres
  • Malco (Cinema) — 36.8 mi, 036° NE
  • Lookout/Ob Deck (Viewpoint) — 37.2 mi, 343° N
  • Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 39.5 mi, 055° NE
  • Burgess Chapel School (Historic Ruins) — 41.0 mi, 133° SE
  • Dyer County Historical Society (Museum) — 43.5 mi, 131° SE
  • Abraham Lincoln (Public Artwork) — 49.8 mi, 091° E
  • The Fear Factory (Attraction) — 50.6 mi, 092° E

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About This Clarkton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clarkton, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.451728, -89.967035. 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 Clarkton includes the ZIP code (63837), telephone area code (816), county seat of Dunklin County (Kennett), and school district assignment (Clarkton C-4 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.