Laredo Missouri Map

About Laredo, Missouri

Laredo is a locality in Grundy County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 156. The population density is 219.0 people per km². Laredo is located at 40.0256°N, 93.4466°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Laredo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64652.

Laredo anchors a quiet corner of the northern Missouri landscape, defined by the steady, persistent flow of Medicine Creek as it carves through the fertile earth. It lies 47.1 miles west-southwest of Kirksville, MO (from Kirksville, MO: bearing 256°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east-southeast of Trenton. The terrain unfolds in wide, open stretches of prairie that catch the pale gold of the afternoon sun, casting long, thin shadows over the fields until the horizon darkens. Broyles Lake lies nearby, a shallow basin of stillness that mirrors the shifting clouds and provides a brief, cool respite from the heat of the plains. To the distant southwest, the faint, hazy silhouette of Hog Ridge marks the limit of the view, a reminder of the rising ground that eventually breaks the flatness of the central plains.

Laredo grew from the ambition of those who saw potential in the dark, yielding soil of the river bottoms, establishing a foundation that has long depended on the rhythms of agriculture and the hard labor of the harvest. Families here carry a plain-spoken heritage, maintaining the small-scale commerce and local trade that have sustained the area since its inception. While the reach of the world feels muted, the proximity of Poosey State Forest offers a dense, wooded contrast to the orderly rows of corn and beans, and the quiet grounds of Lake Park serve as a place for the community to gather as the seasons turn. Life in Laredo moves with the deliberate pace of the rural Midwest, where the character of the people is as resilient and enduring as the land they cultivate.

About This Laredo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Laredo, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.025572, -93.446603. 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 Laredo includes the ZIP code (64652), telephone area code (816), county seat of Grundy County (Trenton), and school district assignment (Laredo R-VII 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.