Explore Gilman City, 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 Gilman City, 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 Gilman City.
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 | Gilman City |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Harrison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.131212 |
| Longitude | -93.873915 |
| Population | 329 |
| Density | 151.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 64642 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| County Seat | Bethany |
| School District | Gilman City R-IV School District |
Gilman City claims a modest prominence amidst the sprawling, undulating prairies of northern Missouri, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the clutter of larger metropolises. It lies 54.6 miles east-southeast of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 105°T), and is situated 14.2 miles west-northwest of Trenton. The land here possesses a quiet gravity, characterized by broad, fertile swells of earth that catch the amber light of late afternoon, casting long, thin shadows across the fields. Only a mile away, the quiet passage of Tombstone Creek cuts through the terrain, its banks lined with the gnarled roots of hardwoods that hold the soil against the seasonal rains. Beyond the immediate reach of the town’s edge, the landscape deepens into the rugged, forested seclusion of Poosey State Forest, while the nearby depression of Wilson Hollow offers a sheltered basin where the air hangs heavy and cool, untouched by the expansive gusts that sweep across the open plains.
Agriculture has long served as the primary pulse of Gilman City, grounding the local economy in the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the rhythm of the year. Residents often seek the quiet recreation offered by the waters of Leisure Lake or the preserved, natural stillness found within the boundaries of Helton (The Wayne) Mem Wa, where the native grasses grow tall and undisturbed. The spirit of Gilman City remains tied to this sturdy, land-based heritage, reflecting a straightforward, plain-spoken resilience that has persisted through the decades. Even as the modern world shifts, the daily life here maintains a deliberate pace, defined by the steady work of the fields and the enduring, open character of a landscape that demands little but offers a deep, resonant sense of place to those who dwell upon it.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gilman City, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.131212, -93.873915. 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 Gilman City includes the ZIP code (64642), telephone area code (816), county seat of Harrison County (Bethany), and school district assignment (Gilman City R-IV 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. |