Explore Koshkonong, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Koshkonong, 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 Koshkonong.
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 | Koshkonong |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Oregon County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.595895 |
| Longitude | -91.645699 |
| Population | 196 |
| Density | 422.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 65692 |
| Area Code | 417 |
| County Seat | Alton |
| School District | Oregon-Howell R-III School District |
Koshkonong occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises into the steady, limestone-flecked elevations of the Ozark foothills. It lies 14.7 miles southeast of West Plains, MO (from West Plains, MO: bearing 129°T), and is situated 7.7 miles northwest of Thayer. Bay Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the local terrain, its waters often running low and clear against the limestone beds that define the regional geology. To the north, the ground dips into the cool, shadowed depression of Wet Hollow, while the profile of Turkeypen Ridge provides a dark, serrated horizon against the afternoon sun. The air here carries the scent of dry grass and turned soil, a crisp atmosphere that seems to sharpen the outlines of the trees as daylight fades into a deep, violet-gray dusk.
Settlement in Koshkonong grew from the necessity of the rail line and the abundance of the surrounding timber, shaping an economy long tethered to the harvest of the woods and the stubborn productivity of the soil. The rhythm of daily life moves with the deliberate pace of those who work the land, mindful of the seasons and the proximity of the Cover (Dan And Maureen) Prairie Conservation Area, where the native grasses remain undisturbed. Residents occasionally travel toward Myatt Pond for a change of scenery, yet the local character remains anchored to the quiet persistence of the interior plains. It is a place of modest permanence, where the work of the day leaves a faint, honest exhaustion and the silence of the evening feels earned.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Koshkonong, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.595895, -91.645699. 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 Koshkonong includes the ZIP code (65692), telephone area code (417), county seat of Oregon County (Alton), and school district assignment (Oregon-Howell R-III School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |