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Essex Missouri Map

Explore Essex, 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.

Interactive Map of Essex, Missouri

How to Use This Essex, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Essex, 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 Essex.

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	Essex
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Stoddard County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.812553
Longitude	-89.861476
Population	403
Density	538.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	63846
Area Code	816
County Seat	Bloomfield
School District	Richland R-I School District

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About Essex, Missouri

Essex is a locality in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 403. The population density is 538.4 people per km². Essex is located at 36.8126°N, 89.8615°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Essex is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63846.

Essex spreads across the flat, fertile expanse of the Missouri bootheel, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to claim more than its share of the day. It lies 15.8 miles west-southwest of Sikeston, MO (from Sikeston, MO: bearing 254°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east-northeast of Dexter. The earth here is dark and heavy, a profound loam that dictates the slow, deliberate pulse of the landscape, while the quiet current of Bess Slough marks a subtle, winding boundary just a mile away. To the north, the distant outline of Hodge Hill barely interrupts the view, serving as a faint reminder of the elevation shifts that define the wider region. Beyond the immediate fields, the Holly Ridge Conservation Area offers a dense, protected sanctuary of timber and brush, providing a stark contrast to the manicured rows of soy and corn that define the character of Essex.

Agriculture remains the primary anchor of the local economy, with the rhythm of the seasons governing the movement of grain trucks and the sudden, frantic energy of the harvest. Families have worked these fields for generations, their histories embedded in the soil and the quiet persistence required to coax a living from the land. During the humid peak of summer, the air grows heavy and still, trapping the scent of drying stalks and damp earth until the evening brings a cooling reprieve. Life in Essex moves with a steady, unadorned gravity, far removed from the frantic pace of the state’s larger urban centers, yet connected by the shared labor of those who know the temperament of the local weather and the stubborn productivity of the silt. Occasionally, residents travel toward the stillness of Whites Lake, finding in its quiet surface a reflection of the flat, expansive plains that hold the identity of the region firmly in place.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Holly Ridge Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 334° NW
Holly Ridge Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 310° NW
East Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 250° W
Caboose (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 257° W
West Park (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 264° W
Aquilla Access (State Recreation Area) — 10.7 mi, 341° N
Veterans Wall of Honor (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 205° SW
Malden Army Airfield Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 206° SW
Malco (Cinema) — 16.7 mi, 074° E
HWY 51 Overlook (Viewpoint) — 18.6 mi, 308° NW
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.8 mi, 314° NW · 43k acres
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 20.1 mi, 302° NW · 7,890 acres
Morris State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 209° SW
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 22.4 mi, 283° W · 1.5M acres
Lake Wappappello State Park (State Park) — 26.3 mi, 289° W
Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 095° E
Battle of Island 10 (Monument) — 33.2 mi, 140° SE
Pfeiffer Museum (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 213° SW
Hemingway-Pfieffer Museum (Museum) — 35.0 mi, 213° SW
(former Site) Terrace Inn (Historic Ruins) — 35.1 mi, 028° NE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 35.1 mi, 044° NE · 274k acres
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.3 mi, 126° SE · 16k acres
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 35.9 mi, 055° NE
World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup (Monument) — 36.7 mi, 026° NE
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center (Attraction) — 39.6 mi, 022° N
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 40.5 mi, 071° E
Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 40.5 mi, 071° E
Jones outdoor Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 41.8 mi, 195° S
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 42.9 mi, 145° SE
Ceremonial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 43.9 mi, 075° E

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