Piedmont Missouri Map

About Piedmont, Missouri

Piedmont is a locality in Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,897. The population density is 340.0 people per km². Piedmont is located at 37.1545°N, 90.6957°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Piedmont is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63957.

Piedmont emerges from the rolling Missouri landscape as a quiet intersection of timbered ridges and alluvial lowlands. It lies 32.2 miles north-northwest of Poplar Bluff, MO (from Poplar Bluff, MO: bearing 329°T), and is situated 45.8 miles south-southwest of Farmington. McKenzie Creek carves a persistent, silver-threaded path through the terrain, its banks lined with sycamores that catch the slanted, amber light of late afternoon. To the west, the silhouette of the Finleys Mountains breaks the horizon, a rugged spine that lends a sense of permanence to the view. Travelers passing through might notice how the air in Piedmont carries the scent of damp earth and crushed cedar, particularly as one nears the nearby Clearwater Dist Hq, where the land holds its breath under a canopy of oaks. The terrain fluctuates between these forested elevations and the deeper, shadowed recesses of the nearby Lon Sanders Canyon, creating a topography that feels both ancient and intently focused on the movement of water.

History in Piedmont remains tied to the persistent industry of the surrounding woods and the rhythms of a regional economy built upon agriculture and the quiet labor of the trades. Residents often look toward the nearby Carter Lake for a reprieve from the heat, a body of water that mirrors the expansive, cloud-streaked sky with a clarity found only in these inland reaches. The social life of Piedmont moves at a measured pace, defined by the plain-spoken nature of its inhabitants and a shared awareness of the seasonal shifts in the Graves Mountain State Forest. Local commerce reflects a steady, grounded persistence, where the storefronts and workshops maintain a continuity that ignores the frantic acceleration of the modern world. Life here remains defined by the proximity to the land, an existence measured not in milestones, but in the subtle change of leaf color and the seasonal rise of the creek.

About This Piedmont Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Piedmont, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.154495, -90.695675. 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 Piedmont includes the ZIP code (63957), telephone area code (816), county seat of Wayne County (Greenville), and school district assignment (Clearwater R-I 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.