Powersville Missouri Map

About Powersville, Missouri

Powersville is a locality in Putnam County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 42. The population density is 28.8 people per km². Powersville is located at 40.5492°N, 93.3002°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Powersville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64672.

Powersville defines itself through the quiet, expansive reach of the northern Missouri plains, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the abrupt verticality of distant ranges. It lies 45.0 miles west-northwest of Kirksville, MO (from Kirksville, MO: bearing 303°T), and is situated 25.7 miles west-southwest of Centerville. The terrain surrounding Powersville consists of modest, cultivated slopes and fertile soil that hold the morning light in a pale, amber glow, casting long shadows across fields that have been tilled for generations. A mile to the west, the slow, deliberate current of Buckworth Creek carves a path through the earth, its banks lined with the tangled, dark silhouettes of native hardwoods that break the monotony of the open prairie. During the humid shift of late summer, the air here carries a heavy, sweet scent of drying hay, a sensory mark of the land’s enduring connection to the rhythm of the seasons.

Powersville maintains a steady, internal pace, anchored by an agricultural heritage that remains the primary pulse of the local economy. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the Medicine Creek Wildlife Area offers a necessary sanctuary for local fauna, providing a contrast to the orderly, gridded lines of regional farmland. While the Seymour City Reservoir lies twelve miles away, its presence is felt in the wider geography of the region, serving as a silent, aquatic marker in an otherwise terrestrial landscape. Life in Powersville unfolds with the plain-spoken directness common to this part of the state, where the labor of the day is measured in the steady turning of equipment and the quiet gathering of neighbors as the dusk settles over the fields.

About This Powersville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Powersville, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.549176, -93.300214. 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 Powersville includes the ZIP code (64672), telephone area code (816), county seat of Putnam County (Unionville), and school district assignment (Putnam County 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.