Queen City Missouri Map

About Queen City, Missouri

Queen City is a locality in Schuyler County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 650. The population density is 246.1 people per km². Queen City is located at 40.4092°N, 92.5677°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 63561.

Queen City rests in a landscape of rolling Missouri farmland, where the earth rises and falls with a gentle insistence. It lies 43.0 miles south of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 191°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-south-west of Lancaster. The land here is a patchwork quilt of cultivated fields and the darker, richer greens of oak and hickory stands, their branches reaching towards a sky that often stretches wide and pale blue. Creeks, their courses etched by countless seasons of rain and thaw, thread their way through the terrain, reflecting the sky and the surrounding foliage in their shallow waters. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a subtle scent of drying hay and the damp, earthy perfume of the woods. It is a place where the horizon feels close enough to touch, and the sounds are primarily those of wind in the leaves and the distant hum of agricultural machinery. The history of Queen City is tied to the fertile soil and the promise of sustenance it offered to those who settled here. For generations, the local economy has been largely agrarian, with corn and soybeans dominating the fields, their stalks standing tall in the summer sun and then harvested in the crisp autumn air. The town itself, a quiet collection of homes and businesses, serves as a hub for the surrounding farms, a place where neighbors gather and the pace of life is measured by the changing seasons rather than the ticking of a clock. While not a place of grand monuments, Queen City holds a quiet dignity, its character shaped by the resilience of its people and the enduring connection they share with the land that has sustained them.

About This Queen City Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Queen City, Missouri with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Queen City and Schuyler County.

Detailed location data for Queen City includes the ZIP code (63561), telephone area code (816), county seat of Schuyler County (Lancaster), and school district assignment (Schuyler County R-I School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Queen City is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.