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Halfway Missouri Map

Explore Halfway, 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 Halfway, Missouri

How to Use This Halfway, Missouri Map

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

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.

CityHalfway
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyPolk County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude37.616428
Longitude-93.244636
Population151
Density27.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code65663
Area Code417
County SeatBolivar
School DistrictHalfway R-III School District

About Halfway, Missouri

Halfway is a locality in Polk County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 151. The population density is 27.3 people per km². Halfway is located at 37.6164°N, 93.2446°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Halfway is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65663.

Halfway occupies a quiet expanse of the Missouri landscape where the earth settles into a slow, deliberate rhythm. It lies 9.1 miles east of Bolivar, MO (from Bolivar, MO: bearing 89°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west-southwest of Buffalo. Hominy Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the pale, shifting light of the sky as it moves past the low-lying fields. To the west, the silhouettes of the Blue Mounds rise against the horizon, providing a constant, muted anchor to a vista defined by expansive pastures and clusters of hardwood trees. The air here carries the scent of dry grass and turned soil, cooling rapidly as the sun dips below the fields and casts long, thin shadows across the cracked gravel of the backroads.

Halfway emerged from the practical necessity of a crossroads, serving as a modest point of gathering for families who worked the surrounding soil. The economy remains tethered to the land, rooted in the seasonal cycles of agriculture and the maintenance of livestock that graze the quiet acreage. Life here follows the pace of the harvest, far removed from the clamor of the urban centers, though many residents find a brief reprieve in the outdoors at the Sunset Park Access. Whether passing through toward the distant reaches of Todd Hollow or tending to the chores of a long afternoon, those who reside in Halfway maintain a plain-spoken connection to the geography that defines their daily labor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Sunset Park Access (State Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 220° SW
  • Buffalo Radio Facility (State Recreation Area) — 5.3 mi, 121° SE
  • Buffalo Historic Society (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 081° E
  • Fullerton Ball Fields (Local Recreation) — 8.1 mi, 261° W
  • Dunnegan Memorial Park (Local Park) — 9.4 mi, 274° W
  • Pomme De Terre Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 356° N
  • Pleasant Hope Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 195° S
  • Pomme de Terre Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.7 mi, 354° N
  • Goose Creek Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 112° E
  • Wommack Mill (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 162° S
  • Pomme De Terre State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 349° N
  • Bennett Spring State Park (State Park) — 21.6 mi, 070° E
  • Fantastic Caverns (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 195° S
  • Beaver Statue (Public Artwork) — 25.4 mi, 172° S
  • Air & Military Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 181° S
  • AbbyLee Modern Court Among the Trees ghost sign (Attraction) — 26.3 mi, 124° SE
  • Hubble Spacecraft Statue (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 136° SE
  • Wilhoit Theatre (Theatre) — 27.7 mi, 185° S
  • Springfield Ballet (Gallery) — 28.0 mi, 184° S
  • STL Costume Shop (Arts Centre) — 28.0 mi, 184° S
  • Springfield Symphony Orchestra (Arts Centre) — 28.0 mi, 184° S
  • History on the Square (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 185° S
  • Randy Bacon Photography (Gallery) — 28.3 mi, 186° S
  • The Moxie (Cinema) — 28.4 mi, 186° S
  • Transformation Gallery & Tattoo (Gallery) — 28.4 mi, 185° S
  • Martin Luther King Jr Memorial (Monument) — 29.2 mi, 198° S
  • NRA National Sporting Arms Museum (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 185° S
  • Vietnam Memorial Garden (Monument) — 31.3 mi, 189° S
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.5 mi, 298° NW · 3,906 acres
  • Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 45.7 mi, 163° S · 1.5M acres

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About This Halfway Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Halfway, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.616428, -93.244636. 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 Halfway includes the ZIP code (65663), telephone area code (417), county seat of Polk County (Bolivar), and school district assignment (Halfway 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.