Homestown Missouri Map

About Homestown, Missouri

Homestown is a locality in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 73. The population density is 229.1 people per km². Homestown is located at 36.3320°N, 89.8259°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Homestown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63879.

Homestown emerges from the flat, industrious sprawl of the Missouri bootheel, where the horizon stretches wide and indifferent under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 14.4 miles east-northeast of Kennett, MO (from Kennett, MO: bearing 63°T), and is situated 9.5 miles southwest of Portageville. The earth here is dark and heavy, favoring the cultivation of crops that drink deep from the moisture of the low-lying fields. Only a mile away, the sluggish, silty currents of Little River trace a path through the soil, carving subtle variations into a landscape that otherwise remains stubbornly level. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of Blow Ridge provides the only significant vertical relief, a jagged reminder of the more rugged terrain that lies well beyond the immediate reach of the local plains.

Homestown persists as a quiet node of agricultural commerce, defined by the seasonal rhythm of planting and harvest that dictates the pace of every local street. Families here have long anchored their lives to the surrounding acreage, their histories tied to the steady, methodical output of the fields rather than the fleeting trends of larger urban centers. While the quietude of the region is occasionally broken by the hum of machinery, residents often seek reprieve in the verdant expanse of Hayti Park, a seven-mile journey that offers a rare, manicured respite from the endless rows of tilled earth. Further afield, the stillness of Big Bayou provides a sanctuary for those who appreciate the slow, deliberate transition of light across the water during the long, humid afternoons of late summer.

About This Homestown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Homestown, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.332009, -89.825919. 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 Homestown includes the ZIP code (63879), 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.