Quitman Missouri Map

About Quitman, Missouri

Quitman is a locality in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 42. The population density is 103.3 people per km². Quitman is located at 40.3733°N, 95.0766°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 64487.

Quitman holds the quiet weight of the Nodaway River, which carves a deliberate path through the earth just steps beyond the outskirts. It lies 10.9 miles west of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 280°T), and is situated 25.5 miles south of Clarinda. The land here stretches out in broad, unadorned gestures, where the horizon remains wide enough to swallow the low, amber light of late afternoon. To the south, the terrain settles into a rhythmic pattern of fields that soften under the seasonal shifts of frost and harvest. While the distant Pinhook Hills provide a jagged silhouette against the sky, the immediate landscape is defined by the steady, persistent flow of water and the flat expanses of soil that seem to breathe with the turning of the year.

Quitman emerged from the necessity of the soil, grounded in an economy that has always looked to the fertility of the surrounding plains. The local rhythm is dictated by the cycles of agriculture, a quiet industry that sustains the pulse of the place far more effectively than any clamor of commerce. Nearby, the Bilby Ranch Lake Conservation Area offers a retreat into a stillness that mirrors the character of the residents, while the occasional reflection of the sky upon Patterson Farms Lake Section 12 captures the clarity of the Missouri air. Life here carries the plain-spoken honesty of those who know that true value is measured in the persistence of one’s labor and the enduring quality of the ground beneath one's feet.

About This Quitman Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Quitman, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.373326, -95.076642. 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 Quitman includes the ZIP code (64487), telephone area code (816), county seat of Nodaway County (Maryville), and school district assignment (West Nodaway 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.