Preston Missouri Map

About Preston, Missouri

Preston is a locality in Hickory County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 157. The population density is 80.4 people per km². Preston is located at 37.9410°N, 93.2127°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Preston is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 64755, 65732.

Preston rises from the quiet, undulating topography of the Missouri interior, where the land stretches in a sequence of open fields and modest thickets. It lies 25.1 miles north-northeast of Bolivar, MO (from Bolivar, MO: bearing 26°T), and is situated 34.7 miles west-northwest of Lebanon. The air here holds the dry, honest weight of the plains, occasionally stirred by a breeze that carries the scent of warming soil and wild grasses. Starks Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth just a mile away, its presence marked by a thin line of darker timber against the horizon. To the west, the landscape deepens into the shade of Bone Hollow, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Limestone Ridge provides a singular anchor for the eye against the wide, pale sky. In the golden hour, the light settles over these fields with a heavy, honeyed clarity, casting long, thin shadows that emphasize the simple, rhythmic geometry of the fences and barns dotting the acreage.

Preston persists as a waypoint defined by the steady, unadorned labor of its inhabitants, who have long looked to the surrounding earth for their livelihood. Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest dictating the quiet, deliberate pace of daily life. For those seeking the outdoors, the proximity of Pomme de Terre Lake and the public expanse of Pomme De Terre State Park offers a reprieve of water and recreation only six miles from the center of the locality. Beyond the immediate fields, the influence of the broader Ozark region suggests a deeper history of settlement, where the rugged character of the terrain once favored the isolated, self-reliant homesteader. Even today, the social fabric of Preston feels tied to this heritage of plain-spoken persistence, where the turning of the seasons is noted with the same gravity as the changing of the crops.

About This Preston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Preston, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.940963, -93.212707. 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 Preston includes the ZIP code (64755, 65732), telephone area code (816, 417), county seat of Hickory County (Hermitage), and school district assignment (Hickory 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.