Explore Freeburg, 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 Freeburg, 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 Freeburg.
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 | Freeburg |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Osage County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.315042 |
| Longitude | -91.92267 |
| Population | 409 |
| Density | 189.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 65035 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| County Seat | Linn |
| School District | Osage County R-III School District |
Freeburg emerges from the undulating landscape of the Missouri interior as a collection of rooftops anchored against the vast, shifting sky. It lies 22.6 miles southeast of Jefferson City, MO (from Jefferson City, MO: bearing 143°T), and is situated 26.4 miles north-northwest of Rolla. Reichel Creek carves a thin, reflective artery through the terrain just a mile away, its banks lined with the quiet persistence of native brush and limestone outcrops that define the local geology. To the southeast, the distant silhouette of Stencer Ridge provides a firm horizon line, while the deeper depressions of School Hollow drain the surrounding fields after heavy rains. The air here holds a distinct weight during the transition from afternoon to evening, when the light turns a bruised, metallic gold and settles over the fields of corn and soybean that stretch toward the horizon. Visitors might traverse the ground toward the Freeburg Towersite, where the elevation offers a vantage point over the patchwork of agricultural plots and dense, shadowed woodlands that characterize the region.
German settlers established the roots of Freeburg, leaving behind an inheritance of sturdy masonry and a disciplined approach to the land that persists in the neat geometry of the local farms. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, where the movement of heavy machinery through the harvest cycles dictates the tempo of daily life far more than the clocks in the village center. While the expansive timberlands of Painted Rock State Forest lie further out, the immediate vicinity retains a sense of isolation that favors self-reliance and the preservation of quiet, well-kept homesteads. Life in Freeburg unfolds in a deliberate, measured manner, punctuated by the seasonal migration of birds toward the waters of Argyle Lake and the constant, subtle rustle of wind through the tall grasses. This is a place where the collective memory of the inhabitants seems etched into the soil itself, maintaining a steadfast continuity that ignores the frantic acceleration of the world beyond these borders.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Freeburg, Missouri. Coordinates: 38.315042, -91.92267. 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 Freeburg includes the ZIP code (65035), telephone area code (573), county seat of Osage County (Linn), and school district assignment (Osage County R-III 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. |