Howardville Missouri Map

About Howardville, Missouri

Howardville is a locality in New Madrid County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 179. The population density is 174.7 people per km². Howardville is located at 36.5681°N, 89.6006°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 63869.

Howardville rests low, a collection of weathered buildings pressed against the broad, silty expanse of the Mississippi River. It lies 36.2 miles west-north-west of Crockett, TN (from Crockett, TN: bearing 301°T), and is situated 4.2 miles west-south-west of New Madrid. The land here is a deep, rich alluvial soil, a fertile promise that lends a certain weight to the air, heavy with the scent of damp earth and ripening crops. Fields of corn, their stalks reaching high like green sentinels, stretch to the horizon, broken only by the occasional stand of stoic, water-loving trees that cling to the riverbanks. The sky above Howardville is vast, a canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the bruised purples and oranges of a humid evening, reflecting in the slow, deliberate flow of the great river. The history of Howardville is deeply entwined with the Mississippi, a lifeline and a force of nature that has shaped its existence. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and the river's trade routes, found a precarious but ultimately rewarding home. The local economy, then as now, relied on the bounty of the land and the river's commerce, with agriculture remaining the enduring backbone. Though the echoes of steamboat whistles have long since faded, a quiet industriousness persists, a testament to the resilience of those who have chosen to make their lives in this low-lying corner of the country, where the river's pulse is a constant, subtle rhythm.

About This Howardville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Howardville, Missouri — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 36.568116, -89.600634. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Howardville and New Madrid County.

Detailed location data for Howardville includes the ZIP code (63869), telephone area code (816), county seat of New Madrid County (New Madrid), and school district assignment (New Madrid County R-I School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Howardville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.