Jacksonville Missouri Map

About Jacksonville, Missouri

Jacksonville is a locality in Sullivan County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 122. The population density is 428.2 people per km². Jacksonville is located at 39.5878°N, 92.4729°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jacksonville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 65470, 63556, 65260.

Jacksonville occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon settles into a flat, deliberate clarity. It lies 28.5 miles west-northwest of Kirksville, MO (from Kirksville, MO: bearing 282°T), and is situated 29.9 miles east-northeast of Trenton. Elmwood Branch cuts a thin, winding path through the soil, its presence marked by the tall, swaying grasses and the muted rustle of brush that thrives along its banks. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of White Oak Ridge, which anchors the far edge of the sky like a dormant, earthen spine. In the quiet hours before dusk, the light here turns a pale, translucent gold, catching the dust of the plains and softening the sharp edges of the farmstead fences. Two miles away, the surface of New Milan Reservoir holds the stillness of the afternoon, acting as a mirror for the wide, unencumbered Missouri sky.

Jacksonville carries the weight of a long-standing agricultural rhythm, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the persistent, quiet labor of the land. The heritage of the area is etched into the modest architecture and the deliberate, plain-spoken manner of those who maintain the surrounding acreage. Residents often look toward Sears Conservation Land for a respite of wilder, untended growth, where the thickets and timber provide a necessary counterpoint to the orderly, cultivated rows of the nearby fields. Life in Jacksonville moves with a predictable, steady pulse, defined by the seasonal work of the earth and the slow, communal patience required to thrive in a landscape so vast and open.

About This Jacksonville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jacksonville, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.587791, -92.472852. 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 Jacksonville includes the ZIP code (65470, 63556, 65260), telephone area code (816, 573), county seat of Sullivan County (Milan), and school district assignment (Northeast Randolph County R-IV 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.