Gallatin Missouri Map

About Gallatin, Missouri

Gallatin is a locality in Daviess County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,821. The population density is 255.9 people per km². Gallatin is located at 39.9145°N, 93.9622°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gallatin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64640.

Gallatin defines itself through the quiet, expansive geometry of the Missouri plains, where the horizon stretches wide under a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth itself. It lies 42.2 miles north-northeast of Excelsior Springs, MO (from Excelsior Springs, MO: bearing 19°T), and is situated 19.1 miles northeast of Cameron. The landscape around Gallatin is composed of fertile, agrarian soil that slopes toward the low, humid basin of the Grand River, a waterway that marks the local topography with its meandering, silt-heavy presence. Beyond the immediate fields and the shaded, quiet expanse of the Wabash Crossing Access, the land rises in subtle, rhythmic swells, hinting at the distant, hazy silhouette of Yankee Ridge that anchors the far western view. During the humid transitions of dusk, the light catches the tall grasses in a way that renders the world in shades of pale amber and bruised violet, grounding the spirit in the stillness of the interior continent.

History in Gallatin remains tethered to the patient cycles of agriculture and the persistent, plain-spoken labor of those who manage the surrounding acreage. The regional economy relies on the productivity of this soil, supplemented by the proximity of Lake Viking, which offers a localized respite from the demands of the harvest season. While the shade of Poosey State Forest provides a dense, cooling canopy for the region, the life of the place is conducted in the open, where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and the persistent, modest ambition of a small, inland center. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned cadence, reflecting a legacy of resilience where the primary markers of time are the changing colors of the cornfields and the seasonal fluctuations of the riverbanks.

About This Gallatin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gallatin, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.914451, -93.962167. 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 Gallatin includes the ZIP code (64640), telephone area code (816), county seat of Daviess County (Gallatin), and school district assignment (Gallatin R-V 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.