Explore Higginsville, 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 Higginsville, 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 Higginsville.
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 | Higginsville |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Lafayette County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.065719 |
| Longitude | -93.726814 |
| Population | 4,817 |
| Density | 493.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 64037 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| County Seat | Lexington |
| School District | Lafayette County C-1 School District |
Higginsville emerges from the broad, fertile expanse of the Missouri plains, defined by the quiet persistence of Maries Creek as it carves a path through the lowland soil. It lies 21.4 miles north of Warrensburg, MO (from Warrensburg, MO: bearing 3°T), and is situated 19.9 miles southeast of Richmond. The landscape here possesses a somber clarity, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, interrupted only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Bristle Ridge far to the south. Near the town, the tranquil waters of Lafayette F 24 Lake reflect the shifting prairie sky, providing a mirror to the slow passage of clouds that drift over the fields. Even the air feels weighted with the gravity of the earth, holding the scent of turned soil and distant, ripening crops that define the rhythm of the seasons.
Higginsville carries the quiet weight of its agricultural heritage, a place where the economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage and the steady commerce of the interior. Generations have built their lives upon this ground, leaving behind a character shaped by the plain-spoken tenacity of the Midwest and the practical endurance of those who work the land. Visitors often seek out the open space of Fairground Park to observe the local pace, where the community gathers with a sense of deliberate, understated continuity. The architecture and the daily habits of the people speak to a history of self-reliance, maintaining a focus on the essential labor of the field and the quiet stability of a life lived far from the turbulence of the coasts.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Higginsville, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.065719, -93.726814. 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 Higginsville includes the ZIP code (64037), telephone area code (816), county seat of Lafayette County (Lexington), and school district assignment (Lafayette County C-1 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. |