Edgerton Missouri Map

About Edgerton, Missouri

Edgerton is a locality in Platte County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 601. The population density is 205.7 people per km². Edgerton is located at 39.5050°N, 94.6333°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Edgerton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64444.

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.

About This Edgerton Map Page

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).

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.