Hayward Missouri Map

About Hayward, Missouri

Hayward is a locality in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 93. The population density is 141.9 people per km². Hayward is located at 36.3987°N, 89.6701°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 63873.

Hayward emerges from the flat, industrious expanse of the Missouri Bootheel, defined by the persistent, silt-heavy presence of the Portage Open Bay that threads through the landscape. It lies 24.2 miles east-northeast of Kennett, MO (from Kennett, MO: bearing 62°T), and is situated 2.5 miles southeast of Portageville. The horizon is dominated by the vast, open sky that presses down upon the dark, fertile soil, punctuated only by the distant, muted silhouette of Barnes Ridge rising three miles to the west. Sunlight in this corner of the state possesses a particular, heavy clarity, turning the fields into a gilded grid at dusk while the shadows lengthen across the irrigation ditches and the quiet, leveled earth. Two miles away, the quiet grounds of Foster Park offer a modest reprieve of greenery, a place where the local flora marks the slow, seasonal transition of the plains.

Hayward retains the character of a working settlement built upon the cycles of the agricultural calendar, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest. The proximity of the Portage Open Bay has long dictated the flow of local labor and the movement of goods, grounding the life of Hayward in the practicalities of the soil and the seasonal rise of the water. While the quiet waters of Williams Chute lie six miles distant, the life here is defined less by the lakes and more by the expansive, unyielding quality of the farmland that stretches toward the far-off basin of Joe Eckles Towhead. The community moves with a deliberate, plain-spoken pace, shaped by the persistence required to work this land and a quiet, enduring connection to the flat horizon that defines the region.

About This Hayward Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hayward, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.398675, -89.67008. 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 Hayward includes the ZIP code (63873), telephone area code (816), county seat of Pemiscot County (Caruthersville), and school district assignment (North Pemiscot County R-I 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.