La Russell Missouri Map

About La Russell, Missouri

La Russell is a locality in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 134. The population density is 154.4 people per km². La Russell is located at 37.1414°N, 94.0616°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. La Russell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64848.

La Russell emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of southwestern Missouri as a quiet collection of homes and outbuildings anchored by the steady, unpretentious rhythm of agrarian life. It lies 13.9 miles east of Carthage, MO (from Carthage, MO: bearing 100°T), and is situated 16.9 miles north-northwest of Monett. The landscape surrounding La Russell is defined by broad fields that catch the low, horizontal light of late afternoon, turning the grasses a pale, dusty gold before the shadows lengthen toward the horizon. A mile to the east, the Spring River carves a narrow, deliberate path through the limestone-heavy soil, its banks providing a cool, shaded reprieve from the warmth of the prairie sun. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain shifts into the subtle, slow-rising elevations that hint at the distant presence of Bennett Ridge, which marks the far edge of the view on the clearest days.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the rhythms of planting and harvest dictating the pace of the day far more effectively than any clock. The history of the area is tied to the labor of families who worked this soil, transforming the prairie into a patchwork of productive land that sustains the community. Residents often look toward the Talbot (Robert E) Conservation Area for a sense of the region’s wilder, untamed character, or find quiet reflection in the deeper, more secluded pockets of the countryside like Dry Hollow. While the bustle of larger hubs feels a world away, the character of La Russell persists in the plain-spoken endurance of its people and the way the air smells of turned earth and drying hay, a scent that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the western edge of the fields.

About This La Russell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Russell, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.141446, -94.061604. 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 Russell includes the ZIP code (64848), telephone area code (816), county seat of Jasper County (Carthage), and school district assignment (Sarcoxie R-II 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.