Humphreys Missouri Map

About Humphreys, Missouri

Humphreys is a locality in Sullivan County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 89. The population density is 138.0 people per km². Humphreys is located at 40.1256°N, 93.3191°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Humphreys is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64646.

Humphreys occupies a quiet stretch of land where the horizon expands into a vast, unhurried expanse of prairie and farmland. It lies 39.1 miles west of Kirksville, MO (from Kirksville, MO: bearing 263°T), and is situated 16.1 miles east-northeast of Trenton. The terrain around Humphreys is defined by subtle slopes that catch the long, golden light of late afternoon, casting shadows that stretch across the fields like ink on parchment. A mile away, the quiet flow of Muddy Creek carves a thin, meandering line through the earth, its banks shaded by native hardwoods that turn a deep, burnished copper in the autumn. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape holds the stillness of the interior plains, punctuated only by the distant, mirrored surface of Strong and Stewart Lake, which sits two miles from the center of the locality, reflecting the shifting moods of the Missouri sky.

Agriculture remains the pulse of the local economy, with the rhythm of the seasons dictating the pace of life as tractors move through the fields and the smell of turned soil lingers in the air. The history of this place is written in the sturdy, weathered architecture of the older buildings that stand as witnesses to a time when the rails and the harvest defined the reach of the region. Those seeking a deeper connection to the wilder aspects of the terrain often look toward the Locust Creek Conservation Area, located six miles away, where the density of the woods offers a contrast to the open, worked land surrounding the settlement. Daily life here carries a plain-spoken quality, grounded in the realities of a geography that demands patience and rewards those who observe the subtle, seasonal changes in the color of the grass and the clarity of the wind.

About This Humphreys Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Humphreys, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.125573, -93.319101. 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 Humphreys includes the ZIP code (64646), telephone area code (816), county seat of Sullivan County (Milan), and school district assignment (Grundy County R-V 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.