Explore Lathrop, Missouri, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lathrop, Missouri. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Missouri or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Lathrop.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Lathrop |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Clinton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.561848 |
| Longitude | -94.319853 |
| Population | 2,271 |
| Density | 209.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 64465 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| County Seat | Plattsburg |
| School District | Lathrop R-II School District |
Lathrop occupies a quiet expanse of the Missouri prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and the light at dusk bleeds into a bruised, copper-toned violet. It lies 12.6 miles north of Kearney, MO (from Kearney, MO: bearing 8°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east of Plattsburg. Shoal Creek winds through the low-lying terrain, its waters carving a subtle, serpentine path through the soil that feeds the surrounding fields. To the southeast, the distant silhouette of Yankee Ridge anchors the sky, a faint, serrated line against the clouds, while the dense, quiet timber of Trice-Dedman Memorial Woods offers a shaded reprieve from the open, sun-drenched plains. Two miles away, the surface of Lake McGinness remains a mirror for the changing seasons, catching the heavy gray of winter skies or the brilliant, sharp clarity of a humid midwestern summer.
Lathrop carries the weight of a history rooted in the rail lines that once pulsed through these fields, transforming the early rhythm of agriculture into a steady commerce of grain and trade. The legacy of the steam engine lingers in the layout of the streets, where the pace of daily life remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the land and the quiet resilience of the people who tend it. Even now, the economy reflects a grounding in the soil, with the seasons dictating the flow of the local day. Lathrop maintains a character formed by this isolation, a place where the stillness of the woods and the persistent, quiet movement of the creek define the boundaries of a world that prefers the simple, honest labor of the harvest to the frantic noise of the city.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lathrop, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.561848, -94.319853. 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 Lathrop includes the ZIP code (64465), telephone area code (816), county seat of Clinton County (Plattsburg), and school district assignment (Lathrop R-II School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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 | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |