Creighton Missouri Map

About Creighton, Missouri

Creighton is a locality in Cass County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 327. The population density is 366.0 people per km². Creighton is located at 38.4947°N, 94.0733°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Creighton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64739.

Creighton emerges from the vast, quiet expanse of the Missouri plains, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate course of Knob Creek as it carves a path through the earth. It lies 26.0 miles southwest of Warrensburg, MO (from Warrensburg, MO: bearing 225°T), and is situated 18.5 miles southeast of Harrisonville. The landscape here is one of wide horizons and open sky, where the land stretches out in muted shades of ochre and deep green, occasionally broken by the low, distant silhouette of Devil Ridge against the sunset. A few miles to the west, the stillness of Little Lake offers a reflective pause in the terrain, its surface mirroring the shifting colors of the day. The air carries a heavy, honest clarity that seems to settle over the fields, grounding the senses in a geography that values space over ornamentation.

Creighton maintains a steady, agrarian character, deeply connected to the rhythm of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest that defines the local economy. Beyond the private holdings of the surrounding farms, the Settle's Ford Conservation Area provides a sanctuary for the native flora and fauna, serving as a reminder of the wilder, uncultivated state of the prairie. Life in Creighton follows the measured pace of those who work the soil, a plain-spoken existence where the history of the region is measured in generations of labor rather than monuments. This quiet persistence creates a distinct atmosphere, one where the modern world feels peripheral to the fundamental, enduring work of maintaining the land.

About This Creighton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Creighton, Missouri. Coordinates: 38.494738, -94.073276. 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 Creighton includes the ZIP code (64739), telephone area code (816), county seat of Cass County (Harrisonville), and school district assignment (Sherwood Cass R-VIII 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.