Explore Elsberry, 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 Elsberry, 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 Elsberry.
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 | Elsberry |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Lincoln County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.166715 |
| Longitude | -90.78096 |
| Population | 1,937 |
| Density | 458.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 63343 |
| Area Code | 314 |
| County Seat | Troy |
| School District | Elsberry R-II School District |
Elsberry claims a quiet stretch of land where the earth flattens into the fertile promise of the plains, defined primarily by the slow, persistent meander of Lost Creek. It lies 16.8 miles northeast of Troy, MO (from Troy, MO: bearing 40°T), and is situated 16.8 miles north-northeast of Moscow Mills. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the landscape rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Luckett Ridge, which marks the horizon like a soft bruise against the pale sky. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and distant, drying corn husks, a sensory reminder of the agrarian rhythm that governs the hours. Only a mile away, the Leach (B.K.) Memorial Conservation Area offers a quiet refuge of wild grasses and timber, while the nearby Lost Creek Watershed F-2 Lake catches the silver light of the sun, reflecting the changing moods of the Missouri sky.
Elsberry emerged from the necessity of the rail and the soil, evolving into a place where the economy remains tethered to the seasonal pulse of harvest and local trade. Grain elevators rise like monoliths above the flat terrain, punctuating the skyline as clear markers of the town’s enduring reliance on the bounty of the surrounding fields. While the influence of larger regional centers is felt in the steady flow of commerce, the internal life of Elsberry retains a distinct, plain-spoken character, shaped by generations who understood the value of working the land. Life here moves in accordance with the cycle of the crops and the steady, unpretentious pace of the interior, grounded by the memory of Gresham Hollow and the quiet persistence of those who call these plains home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elsberry, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.166715, -90.78096. 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 Elsberry includes the ZIP code (63343), telephone area code (314), county seat of Lincoln County (Troy), and school district assignment (Elsberry R-II 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. |