Explore Elmo, 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 Elmo, 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 Elmo.
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 | Elmo |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Nodaway County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.518326 |
| Longitude | -95.115532 |
| Population | 114 |
| Density | 202.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 64445 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| County Seat | Maryville |
| School District | West Nodaway County R-I School District |
Elmo marks the landscape with a quiet persistence, defined largely by the steady, unpretentious path of Mill Creek as it cuts through the surrounding expanse of Missouri farmland. It lies 17.5 miles northwest of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 313°T), and is situated 16.0 miles south-southwest of Clarinda. The terrain here relies on the simple geometry of the plains, where the horizon remains wide and clear, broken only by the occasional cluster of trees or the silhouette of a distant grain elevator. Beyond the immediate fields, the earth shifts toward the deeper, more secluded topography of Toad Hollow, while the Tarkio Prairie Conservation Area stands five miles away as a preserved pocket of native grasses. When the light of late afternoon catches the tall stalks, the entire valley takes on a golden, burnished hue that softens the sharp lines of the fence rows and sheds.
Elmo carries the weight of a history rooted in the expansion of the rails and the necessity of the harvest, long serving as a quiet node for the regional agricultural economy. Life here moves in sync with the seasonal demands of planting and gathering, a rhythm established by generations who understood the value of soil and the reliability of the local water table. While the bustle of larger hubs remains distant, the identity of Elmo persists in the careful maintenance of its properties and the enduring stoicism of its inhabitants. Though the distant rise of The Mound provides a point of reference for the traveler, the focus remains on the immediate work at hand, where the legacy of the nineteenth-century settlers continues to inform the way the land is managed today.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elmo, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.518326, -95.115532. 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 Elmo includes the ZIP code (64445), telephone area code (816), county seat of Nodaway County (Maryville), and school district assignment (West Nodaway 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. |