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Houston Missouri Map

Explore Houston, 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 Houston, Missouri

How to Use This Houston, Missouri Map

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

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	Houston
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Texas County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.326159
Longitude	-91.955988
Population	2,079
Density	220.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	65483
Area Code	573
County Seat	Houston
School District	Houston R-I School District

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About Houston, Missouri

Houston is a locality in Texas County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,079. The population density is 220.3 people per km². Houston is located at 37.3262°N, 91.9560°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Houston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65483.

Houston maintains a quiet presence where the landscape shifts into the rugged, limestone-ribbed terrain of the Ozarks. It lies 29.9 miles south-southeast of Fort Leonard Wood, MO (from Fort Leonard Wood, MO: bearing 157°T), and is situated 13.1 miles south-southwest of Licking. Brushy Creek cuts a limestone path through the surrounding woodland, its waters reflecting the pale, shifting light of the Missouri sky as it flows past the outskirts of Houston. The Mark Twain National Forest envelops the perimeter, offering a dense, verdant backdrop of oak and hickory that breathes a cool, damp air into the hollows. To the northwest, the land dips toward the shadows of Mineral Springs Hollow, while the horizon is interrupted only by the distant, soft silhouette of Lead Hill rising against the clouds.

Timber and local agriculture define the rhythm of the days here, grounding the economy in the slow, deliberate work of the land. Houston carries the legacy of a settlement built on the resilience of those who cleared the thick forests and tilled the stubborn, rocky soil. The community moves with a plain-spoken steady pace, marked by the occasional hum of industry and the quiet intervals of a rural afternoon. Residents often look toward the expanse of the Mark Twain National Forest not merely as a boundary, but as a defining element of their daily perspective, where the stillness of the trees and the persistent, quiet passage of Brushy Creek provide a constant, unchanging measure of time.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 170° S · 1.5M acres
Houston Forestry Office (State Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 046° NE
Dog's Bluff Access (State Recreation Area) — 2.5 mi, 271° W
Mineral Springs Access (State Recreation Area) — 2.6 mi, 344° N
Gist Ranch Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 143° SE
Paddy Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.8 mi, 338° N · 7,080 acres
Hoodoo (Viewpoint) — 15.4 mi, 337° NW
Sunklands Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.0 mi, 090° E
Montauk State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 058° NE
Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.4 mi, 063° NE · 53k acres
Welch Spring (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 077° E
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 054° NE
Current River State Park (State Park) — 28.1 mi, 091° E
U.S. Army Engineer, Chemical, and Military Police Museum (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 344° N
Jeanie B. Weaver Dialysis Unit (Monument) — 31.3 mi, 042° NE
Dr. Martin Hart Plaque (Monument) — 31.3 mi, 042° NE
Obstetrics Wing (Monument) — 31.4 mi, 042° NE
The Deer Statue (Attraction) — 31.5 mi, 047° NE
The Gassy Pig (Attraction) — 31.8 mi, 047° NE
Dent county museum (Museum) — 32.1 mi, 046° NE
Horseshoe Horse (Public Artwork) — 35.0 mi, 110° E
Cross Country Trail Rides (Attraction) — 35.5 mi, 109° E
Frog Rock (Attraction) — 37.0 mi, 340° N
Old Stagecoach Stop (Museum) — 37.2 mi, 339° N
Laura Ingals Wilder Statue (Public Artwork) — 37.6 mi, 246° SW
Prairie Hollow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 39.2 mi, 105° E
White Hart Renaissance Fair (Attraction) — 39.8 mi, 264° W
Devils Backbone Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.2 mi, 194° S · 6,691 acres
Eleven Point, Missouri Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 44.0 mi, 148° SE · 15k acres
Ozark Actors Theatre (Theatre) — 44.3 mi, 013° N

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