Dawn Missouri Map

About Dawn, Missouri

Dawn is a locality in Livingston County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 111. The population density is 31.3 people per km². Dawn is located at 39.6683°N, 93.6355°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 64638.

Dawn awakens under a sky the color of bruised plums, the first hint of rose bleeding into the eastern horizon. It lies 51.0 miles north-east of Liberty, MO (from Liberty, MO: bearing 55°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south-south-west of Chillicothe. The land here, in Livingston County, rolls with a gentle, persistent swell, the kind that speaks of ancient glaciers and the slow, patient work of water. Fields of corn, still damp with dew, stretch out like green carpets, their tasseled heads nodding in the faint breeze. The air, crisp and cool, carries the scent of turned earth and the distant, lowing call of cattle. Old farmhouses, their paint weathered to soft grays and faded whites, stand sentinel on the crests of these rolling hills, their silhouettes sharp against the growing light, promising quiet lives lived out under wide-open Missouri skies. This is a place where the past is not entirely buried, but rather lies just beneath the surface, a subtle undercurrent to the present. Livingston County’s history is etched in the rich soil that feeds its farms, a legacy of agrarian ambition that has sustained Dawn for generations. The local economy still largely revolves around agriculture, with soybeans and corn forming the backbone of its prosperity, though a scattering of small businesses in Dawn itself offers a tangible pulse of commerce. You can still find echoes of the railroad that once brought lifeblood to these parts, a faint whisper of a bygone era in the quietude of the present day, a reminder that even in stillness, change has always been a constant traveler.

About This Dawn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dawn, Missouri — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.66835, -93.635491. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Dawn and Livingston County.

Detailed location data for Dawn includes the ZIP code (64638), telephone area code (816), county seat of Livingston County (Chillicothe), and school district assignment (Southwest Livingston County R-I School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Dawn is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.