Explore Mound City, 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 Mound City, 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 Mound City.
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 | Mound City |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Holt County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.131107 |
| Longitude | -95.231643 |
| Population | 1,004 |
| Density | 311.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 64470 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| County Seat | Oregon |
| School District | Mound City R-II School District |
Mound City occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, silt-heavy currents of Davis Creek define the local horizon. It lies 24.1 miles southwest of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 232°T), and is situated 32.3 miles northwest of Saint Joseph. The earth here settles into a rhythmic pattern of wide, fertile plains that seem to hold the afternoon light longer than the shadowed timberlands, eventually giving way to the distant, hazy silhouette of Pigeon Ridge. Only two miles distant, the still waters of Bluff Pool offer a mirror to the expansive Missouri sky, while the Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge blankets the immediate surroundings in a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush. The air carries the distinct, earthy scent of damp loam and turning fields, a fragrance that deepens as the sun dips low and the shadows stretch across the flat, unyielding expanse of the valley floor.
Mound City maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, anchored by an economy that remains deeply rooted in the seasonal cycles of the soil. The legacy of the region is written in the rows of corn and beans that define the surrounding acreage, a testament to the labor of generations who shaped these fields from the native prairie. Beyond the reach of Whig Valley’s furthest slopes, the daily routine hums with the quiet efficiency of agrarian industry and the persistence of local commerce. Life in Mound City finds its grace in the unadorned honesty of the landscape, where the shifting colors of the harvest provide the only true measure of time and the changing seasons dictate the slow, measured pulse of the morning commute.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mound City, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.131107, -95.231643. 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 Mound City includes the ZIP code (64470), telephone area code (816), county seat of Holt County (Oregon), and school district assignment (Mound City 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. |