Holt Missouri Map

About Holt, Missouri

Holt is a locality in Clay County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 471. The population density is 405.0 people per km². Holt is located at 39.4528°N, 94.3422°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Holt is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64048.

Holt occupies a quiet stretch of the Missouri landscape where the earth settles into a patient, low-slung rhythm of fields and open sky. It lies 6.0 miles north of Kearney, MO (from Kearney, MO: bearing 10°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west of Lawson. The Muddy Fork carves a shallow, persistent path through the surrounding dirt, its course marking the slow drainage of the plains toward the broader systems of the interior. To the west, the horizon remains unobstructed, save for the faint, hazy suggestion of Yankee Ridge rising in the distance like a held breath. The air here holds a distinct, heavy clarity, particularly in the late afternoon when the light thins and turns the tall grasses of the local fields into a pale, burnt gold. A few miles away, the quiet surface of Spring Lake reflects the passing clouds, offering a cool, still point in the otherwise industrious expanse of the terrain.

Holt remains defined by the steady, agrarian persistence that has long characterized this portion of the state, where the labor of the soil informs the daily pace of life. The economy stays rooted in the productivity of the land, echoing the plain-spoken heritage of those who first broke the prairie sod. Memories of a more rugged frontier era linger in the proximity of Jesse James Park, where the local history is kept in the quiet maintenance of the grounds rather than in loud monuments. Residents move through their days with a deliberate, unadorned focus, finding a sense of belonging in the cycle of the seasons and the maintenance of their own small corner of the Show-Me state. In the evenings, the silence that descends upon the fields reminds one that Holt is a place where the work of the day is measured by the harvest and the simple, enduring stability of the ground.

About This Holt Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Holt, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.45278, -94.342169. 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 Holt includes the ZIP code (64048), telephone area code (816), county seat of Clay County (Liberty), and school district assignment (Kearney 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.