Grant City Missouri Map

About Grant City, Missouri

Grant City is a locality in Worth County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 959. The population density is 288.5 people per km². Grant City is located at 40.4875°N, 94.4111°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 64456.

Grant City rests in a broad, agricultural embrace, where the land unfolds in gentle, sweeping contours under a sky that feels impossibly vast, especially at dawn. It lies 54.7 miles north-north-east of Saint Joseph, MO (from Saint Joseph, MO: bearing 25°T), and is situated 17.0 miles north-north-west of Albany. The fields, a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the season, are delineated by the occasional stand of sturdy oaks or the whisper of wind through sorghum. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy sweetness, a blend of sun-baked soil and distant livestock, and the houses, mostly modest and well-kept, seem to settle into the landscape with a quiet contentment. The light here has a particular clarity, a pure luminescence that seems to define every blade of grass and every weathered fence post with an almost startling precision. The history of Grant City is rooted in the fertile soil it occupies, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who first cultivated this land. Its economy has long been tied to agriculture, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to harvests past and present, and the hum of tractors often the dominant sound on the horizon. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very structure of Grant City, with its straightforward streets and unpretentious buildings, speaks of a practical heritage, a community built on hard work and mutual reliance. The town has seen its share of change, but the core of its character, a quiet resilience and a deep connection to the land, remains a constant, like the steady flow of the nearby Grand River, a lifeline for the farms and a source of quiet contemplation.

About This Grant City Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Grant City, Missouri with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Grant City and Worth County.

Detailed location data for Grant City includes the ZIP code (64456), telephone area code (816), county seat of Worth County (Grant City), and school district assignment (Worth County R-III School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Grant City is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.