Meta Missouri Map

About Meta, Missouri

Meta is a locality in Osage County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 200.9 people per km². Meta is located at 38.3125°N, 92.1660°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Meta is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65058.

Meta occupies a quiet expanse of the Missouri landscape, where the persistent flow of Sugar Creek defines the land’s edges with a steady, liquid clarity. It lies 18.3 miles south of Jefferson City, MO (from Jefferson City, MO: bearing 179°T), and is situated 32.9 miles northwest of Rolla. The terrain here rises in modest, weathered swells, occasionally broken by the dense, shadowed canopy of the Painted Rock State Forest seven miles away. To the horizon, the silhouette of Turn Back Ridge anchors the distance, its form a faint, permanent punctuation mark against the pale, shifting sky. Sunlight in Meta often possesses a heavy, amber quality, lingering over the fields as if reluctant to surrender the day to the cooling evening air. A short distance away, the quiet surface of Number 137 Reservoir reflects the clouds, providing a mirror to the stillness that permeates the surrounding acreage.

Meta maintains a character forged by the industrious spirit of its early residents, who recognized the potential in the fertile soil and the proximity of the water. Local life continues to revolve around the rhythms of agrarian labor and the modest commerce that supports the surrounding farms, keeping the pace deliberate and grounded. The influence of past generations persists in the sturdy architecture and the way Meta Towersite stands as a silent sentinel on the landscape, a functional reminder of the infrastructure that connects these isolated spaces to the wider world. Residents move with a steady, unforced purpose, honoring a history that favors the pragmatic over the ornamental. Even on quiet afternoons, one can sense the weight of the seasons in the way the wind moves through the tall grasses, suggesting a place that remains deeply attuned to the natural cycles of the plains.

About This Meta Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Meta, Missouri. Coordinates: 38.312537, -92.16601. 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 Meta includes the ZIP code (65058), telephone area code (573), county seat of Osage County (Linn), and school district assignment (Osage County R-III 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.