Laddonia Missouri Map

About Laddonia, Missouri

Laddonia is a locality in Audrain County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 502. The population density is 274.9 people per km². Laddonia is located at 39.2425°N, 91.6454°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Laddonia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63352.

Laddonia anchors itself upon the wide, fertile expanses of the Missouri plains, where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising against a vast, open sky. It lies 13.7 miles east-northeast of Mexico, MO (from Mexico, MO: bearing 68°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-southwest of Vandalia. Middle Lick Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks often thick with seasonal grasses that sway in the persistent wind. During the autumn months, the light takes on a bruised, amber quality, casting long shadows across the fallow fields and highlighting the skeletal silhouettes of trees that cling to the creek’s edge. While the distant, hazy outline of Cedar Ridge occasionally teeters on the edge of visibility far to the west, the immediate surroundings remain dominated by the rhythmic, quiet expansion of cultivated soil.

Laddonia grew from the steady pulse of agrarian labor, serving as a modest junction where the steel of the railroad once dictated the pace of commerce and connection. The local economy remains tethered to these traditions, with the daily life of the inhabitants revolving around the cultivation of crops and the maintenance of a landscape that demands constant, quiet attention. Beyond the reach of the town’s main thoroughfares, the Sears (F. O. And Leda J.) Memorial Wildlife Area offers a quiet sanctuary for the native fauna, providing a stark contrast to the structured rows of nearby farms. Travelers seeking a moment of stillness might look toward the surface of Elmer Foree Lake, where the water often mirrors the gray, shifting clouds of the high plains, serving as a silent witness to the enduring, plain-spoken character of the region.

About This Laddonia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Laddonia, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.24254, -91.645438. 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 Laddonia includes the ZIP code (63352), telephone area code (314), county seat of Audrain County (Mexico), and school district assignment (Community R-VI 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.