Explore Edgerton, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Edgerton, 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 Edgerton.
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.
| City | Edgerton |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Platte County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.504998 |
| Longitude | -94.63329 |
| Population | 601 |
| Density | 205.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 64444 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| County Seat | Platte City |
| School District | North Platte County R-I School District |
Edgerton emerges from the Missouri landscape as a quiet convergence of open prairie and encroaching woodland, defined by the persistent, muddy pulse of Grove Creek carving its path through the soil. It lies 8.6 miles north-northwest of Smithville, MO (from Smithville, MO: bearing 341°T), and is situated 17.3 miles west-northwest of Kearney. The land here holds the stillness of the interior plains, where the horizon pulls wide and the light at dusk settles in heavy, golden layers over the fields. To the west, the terrain dips into the low, shadowed creases of Slash Valley, while the nearby Kendzora (Anthony And Beatrice) Conservation Area offers a dense, tangled retreat for the local deer and the occasional wandering hawk. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the earth remains stubbornly fertile, a patchwork of silty loam that colors the sky with the dust of harvest season and the scent of turning dirt.
Edgerton carries the weight of a settlement founded on the steady commerce of the rail and the plow, maintaining a character forged by generations of farmers who understood the temperament of the Missouri climate. The local economy persists in the rhythm of grain and livestock, a legacy that keeps the pace of life tied to the seasonal cycles of the fields rather than the frantic tempo of the distant city. While the water of Kings Lake sits five miles away, a cool and silent presence in the heat of July, the daily life of the residents remains tethered to the crossroads and the open road. It is a place where the history of the plains is kept not in grand monuments, but in the maintenance of the fence line and the plain-spoken endurance of those who continue to work the ground.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Edgerton, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.504998, -94.63329. 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 Edgerton includes the ZIP code (64444), telephone area code (816), county seat of Platte County (Platte City), and school district assignment (North Platte County R-I 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |