Laclede County, Missouri Map
Explore Laclede County, Missouri with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 6 cities and towns in Laclede County below.
Interactive Map of Laclede County, Missouri
| County | Laclede |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County Seat | Lebanon |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 37.639394 |
| Longitude | -92.745223 |
| Cities & Towns | 6 |
| Area Codes | 417, 573 |
About Laclede County, Missouri
Laclede County occupies a transition where the northern edge of the Ozark Plateau begins to surrender its sharp limestone ridges to the broader, flatter horizons of the prairie. The Gasconade River carves a serpentine path through this limestone floor, its deep, cold waters reflecting the dense hardwood canopy that crowds the banks. Here, the air holds a heavy, damp stillness in the hollows, a cool breath that persists even when the summer sun turns the open fields into a shimmering, bleached expanse. The geography is defined by these steep, wooded bluffs and the sudden clarity of spring-fed creeks that feed the larger river system, creating a landscape that feels perpetually carved by the slow, relentless insistence of moving water.
Laclede County emerged from the territorial wilderness in the mid-nineteenth century, organized to provide administrative order to a scattering of homesteaders who arrived to claim the timbered slopes and fertile bottomlands. These early settlers, largely of Scotch-Irish and Appalachian stock, brought with them a hard-won independence and a pragmatism that favored the immediate demands of the soil over the abstractions of distant politics. The county seat was established as a central node for trade and governance, chosen for its position along the early overland routes that linked the interior to the wider world. It grew not by grand design, but by the quiet accumulation of daily transactions, its streets widening as the horse-drawn wagon gave way to the rhythm of the rail, leaving a legacy of brick storefronts that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the shadows have lengthened.
Industry and agriculture define the contemporary pulse of the region, where the manufacture of boat trailers and plastic components shares the landscape with cattle grazing on fenced pastures. The character of the people remains marked by a plain-spoken reserve, a suspicion of flourish that mirrors the lean, functional aesthetic of the barns and silos dotting the skyline. As dusk settles, a pale, violet light brushes the tops of the oaks, softening the hard edges of the industrial outskirts and lending the county a momentary, ethereal glow. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a local economy rooted in physical production, where the weight of a day is measured in the steady hum of machinery and the slow turning of the seasons, maintaining a quiet continuity that feels entirely self-contained.
Cities and Towns in Laclede County
About This Laclede County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Laclede County, Missouri alongside links to detailed street maps for 6 cities and towns. The county seat is Lebanon. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
