Middle Grove Missouri Map

About Middle Grove, Missouri

Middle Grove is a locality in Monroe County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 57. The population density is 39.5 people per km². Middle Grove is located at 39.3950°N, 92.2705°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 65263.

Middle Grove emerges from the quiet intersection of prairie soil and the persistent, low-slung banks of Milligan Creek. It lies 9.1 miles east of Moberly, MO (from Moberly, MO: bearing 100°T), and is situated 14.6 miles north-northwest of Centralia. The landscape here favors the long view, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the occasional stand of hardwoods that catch the amber quality of the late afternoon sun. Beyond the immediate fields, the distant silhouette of Cedar Ridge marks the edge of the world, a faint, jagged charcoal line against the pale Missouri sky. Air in Middle Grove holds a particular weight, thick with the scent of turned earth and drying corn husks, cooling rapidly as dusk settles into the hollows near the water.

Middle Grove maintains an economy deeply anchored in the cycles of the harvest, a rhythm dictated by the demands of the soil and the seasonal shift of the plains. History here is marked by the quiet endurance of families who have worked these tracts for generations, their lives tied to the land in ways that defy the frantic pace of modern centers. Residents often look toward the Jacks (Maude Shores) Conservation Area for respite, valuing the stillness of the protected woods over the clamor of further horizons. Even the proximity of Johnson Lake offers only a modest, reflective surface for the sky, a place where the water mirrors the clouds rather than inviting spectacle, grounding Middle Grove in a sense of place that is entirely its own.

About This Middle Grove Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Middle Grove, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.395038, -92.270456. 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 Middle Grove includes the ZIP code (65263), telephone area code (573), county seat of Monroe County (Paris), and school district assignment (Middle Grove C-1 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.