Jerico Springs Missouri Map

About Jerico Springs, Missouri

Jerico Springs is a locality in Cedar County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 160. The population density is 90.3 people per km². Jerico Springs is located at 37.6223°N, 94.0086°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jerico Springs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64756.

Jerico Springs emerges from the limestone-flecked earth where Jordan Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the landscape. It lies 32.7 miles west of Bolivar, MO (from Bolivar, MO: bearing 271°T), and is situated 17.1 miles east-northeast of Lamar. The air here holds a particular weight, thick with the scent of damp soil and the dry, rustling grasses that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Indian Ridge. To the north, the terrain flattens into the expansive, unadorned reach of the plains, while the ground dips into the quiet, shadowed basin of Spring Hollow nearby. Light at dusk possesses a peculiar clarity, turning the fields a bruised shade of gold before the shadows of the oaks lengthen across the limestone foundations. Five miles away, the stillness of Don Henley Lake reflects the sky in a mirror of flat, undisturbed gray, anchoring the surrounding woods in a silence that feels older than the roads themselves.

Jerico Springs carries the quiet gravity of a place built on the promise of mineral-rich waters, a history once tethered to the belief that the earth could mend the traveler. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, defined by the seasonal pulse of agriculture and the maintenance of a life lived close to the soil. Residents move with a deliberate, plain-spoken economy, reflecting the heritage of a region settled by those who carved a living from the stubborn, rocky hillsides. Beyond the immediate center, the Sky Prairie Conservation Area preserves a fragment of the original tallgrass ecosystem, offering a glimpse of the vast, untamed horizon that once defined this territory. Life here unfolds in the steady, repetitive cycles of the seasons, where the primary concerns are the yield of the harvest and the slow, inevitable turning of the year.

About This Jerico Springs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jerico Springs, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.622265, -94.008552. 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 Jerico Springs includes the ZIP code (64756), telephone area code (816), county seat of Cedar County (Stockton), and school district assignment (Stockton 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.