Old Appleton Missouri Map

About Old Appleton, Missouri

Old Appleton is a locality in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 73. The population density is 232.9 people per km². Old Appleton is located at 37.5973°N, 89.7129°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Old Appleton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63770.

Old Appleton reveals its character through the steady, persistent movement of Apple Creek as it carves a path through the limestone-heavy soil of the Missouri landscape. It lies 15.1 miles north of Jackson, MO (from Jackson, MO: bearing 350°T), and is situated 11.9 miles southeast of Perryville. Sunlight strikes the water in fractured, silver slivers, illuminating the transition where the dense, dark woodland meets the encroaching clearings of the valley floor. To the west, the distant rise of the Birmingham Hills creates a jagged, permanent inkblot against the horizon, anchoring the wide sky above the fields. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp earth and the cooling limestone, a scent that seems to deepen as the evening shadows stretch across the grass.

Industry in Old Appleton long ago shifted from the bustling energy of early mills to a quieter, agrarian endurance that defines the day-to-day existence of its residents. The echoes of a German heritage remain in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that lines the lanes, reflecting a pragmatism born from generations of working the surrounding soil. While the silence of the countryside is occasionally broken by the passage of a truck or the rustle of wind through the trees, the pace remains tethered to the natural cycles of the season rather than the frantic ticking of a clock. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the terrain dips toward Bedwell Hollow or shifts toward the quiet expanses of the Apple Creek Conservation Area, where the land persists in its rugged, quiet beauty. The people of Old Appleton move with an observant stillness, acknowledging the changing light and the rhythm of a place that prefers the long memory of the earth to the fleeting trends of the modern world.

About This Old Appleton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Old Appleton, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.597273, -89.712878. 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 Old Appleton includes the ZIP code (63770), telephone area code (816), county seat of Cape Girardeau County (Jackson), and school district assignment (Oak Ridge R-VI 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.