Deerfield Missouri Map

About Deerfield, Missouri

Deerfield is a locality in Vernon County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 40. The population density is 151.4 people per km². Deerfield is located at 37.8387°N, 94.5061°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Deerfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64741.

Deerfield keeps a quiet watch over the expansive Missouri plains where the earth stretches flat and honest toward the horizon. It lies 47.0 miles north-northwest of Carthage, MO (from Carthage, MO: bearing 347°T), and is situated 8.3 miles west of Nevada. Dry Wood Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the silt and soil, its current dictating the slow bend of the landscape just a short distance from the center of the grid. To the west, the Rombaugh Hills emerge as a faint, jagged line against the bruised violet of a twilight sky, anchoring a vista that feels both ancient and unadorned. The air here holds the scent of drying grasses and turned dirt, a crisp, utilitarian clarity that sharpens the edges of every fence line and silo. Only three miles away, the surface of Lively Lake reflects the shifting clouds, offering a momentary stillness to the open expanse of the prairie.

Deerfield emerged from the steady pulse of agricultural labor, a settlement built upon the necessity of the harvest and the resilience of those who tend the fields. The economy remains tethered to this cycle, with the Big Drywood Creek Conservation Area providing a protected sanctuary of timber and brush that buffers the cultivated acreage from the wilder, unmanaged reaches of the basin. Generations have worked this ground, leaving behind a legacy of plain-spoken industry that favors function over ornamentation and reliability over spectacle. The pace of life follows the sun and the season, a steady rhythm where the community remains defined by the endurance of its people and the quiet, persistent gravity of the land itself.

About This Deerfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Deerfield, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.838651, -94.506066. 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 Deerfield includes the ZIP code (64741), telephone area code (816), county seat of Vernon County (Nevada), and school district assignment (Nevada R-V 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.