Explore Perry, 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 Perry, 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 Perry.
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 | Perry |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Ralls County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.431152 |
| Longitude | -91.67516 |
| Population | 665 |
| Density | 199.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 63462 |
| Area Code | 314 |
| County Seat | New London |
| School District | Ralls County R-II School District |
Perry emerges from the undulating farmland of northeastern Missouri as a quiet intersection of timbered ridges and open, sun-drenched fields. It lies 21.2 miles north-northeast of Mexico, MO (from Mexico, MO: bearing 32°T), and is situated 13.0 miles northwest of Vandalia. Lick Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the landscape, its banks lined with sycamore and oak that cast long, amber shadows across the low-lying pastures as the heat of the day recedes. Only a mile away, the expansive, still waters of Mark Twain Lake mirror the vast prairie sky, anchoring the horizon with a calm, blue depth that feels entirely removed from the urgency of distant metropolises. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and drying corn, a heavy, honest fragrance that lingers long after the sun has slipped behind the western rise.
Perry maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, deeply rooted in the agricultural traditions that first drew settlers to these fertile plains. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, where the harvest defines the calendar and the small-town storefronts reflect a practical, plain-spoken resilience. Beyond the immediate grid, the Lick Creek Trail offers a quiet passage through the woods for those seeking to traverse the terrain that shaped the regional character. While the distant silhouette of The Mound marks the far edges of the horizon, the true identity of Perry persists in the daily persistence of its people, who navigate a world defined as much by the quietude of the land as by the enduring legacy of the writers and pioneers who once walked these same limestone-dusted roads.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Perry, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.431152, -91.67516. 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 Perry includes the ZIP code (63462), telephone area code (314), county seat of Ralls County (New London), and school district assignment (Ralls County 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. |