Explore La Belle, Missouri, with this interactive street and satellite map.
| City | La Belle |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Lewis County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.116986 |
| Longitude | -91.912671 |
| Population | 664 |
| Density | 377.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 63447 |
| Area Code | 314 |
| County Seat | Monticello |
| School District | Lewis County C-1 School District |
La Belle sits upon a broad reach of Missouri prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky asserts itself over the flat, productive earth. It lies 35.8 miles east of Kirksville, MO (from Kirksville, MO: bearing 98°T), and is situated 29.4 miles west-northwest of Quincy. The landscape is defined by the quiet persistence of farmland, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of Fisher Branch as it cuts through the soil a mile away. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Deer Ridge offers a structural limit to the view, grounding the expansive fields in a geological permanence. Nearby, the stillness of New La Belle Lake reflects the changing colors of the season, while the Labelle Lake Conservation Area provides a sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the regional winds. Light here has a particular clarity at dusk, turning the dust of the roads into a fine, golden powder that settles over the low-lying fields.
History in La Belle remains anchored to the patterns of the rail and the harvest, marking time by the slow turn of the agricultural calendar rather than the frantic pace of distant urban centers. The local economy relies on the deep, dark soil that supports the growth of row crops, a labor that demands both patience and a plain-spoken resilience from its inhabitants. Life follows the steady, predictable pulse of a place where neighbors recognize one another by the gait of their walk or the sound of an engine in the distance. Even as the decades shift, the character of La Belle retains a deliberate, unadorned simplicity, mirroring the quiet strength of the plains that surround it.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Belle, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.116986, -91.912671. 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 La Belle includes the ZIP code (63447), telephone area code (314), county seat of Lewis County (Monticello), and school district assignment (Lewis County C-1 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.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |