Raintree Plantation Missouri Map

About Raintree Plantation, Missouri

Raintree Plantation is a locality in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,996. The population density is 394.6 people per km². Raintree Plantation is located at 38.2547°N, 90.6033°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 63050.

Raintree Plantation emerges from the limestone-flecked earth of the Missouri interior, defined by the persistent, silvered movement of Galligher Creek as it carves a path through the dense, deciduous woodland. It lies 11.5 miles west-northwest of Festus, MO (from Festus, MO: bearing 282°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north-northwest of De Soto. The terrain surrounding Raintree Plantation rises into the quiet, scrub-dotted limestone outcroppings of the Valley View Glades Natural Area, where the air holds the scent of drying oak leaves and damp shale. To the south, the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Ridge anchors the horizon, while the terrain toward Shepley Hollow softens into deep, shadowed depressions that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed the canopy. Three miles away, the surface of Lake Wauwanoka acts as a dark, polished mirror for the shifting clouds, providing a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic, seasonal pulse of the creek.

Raintree Plantation exists as a deliberate enclave, its development reflecting a mid-twentieth-century vision of residential seclusion carved directly into the rugged Ozark-adjacent topography. The local economy is tied to the quiet exchange of suburban life and the maintenance of a landscape that resists easy taming, with residents often looking toward the regional centers for commerce while keeping their primary loyalties to the wooded privacy of their own lots. Life here moves in accordance with the slow, predictable turnover of the seasons, marked by the transformation of the timber from deep green to a brittle, burnt copper. Even as the modern world encroaches, the character of Raintree Plantation remains tethered to the limestone and the water, a place where the sprawl of the plains yields to the complexity of the hills and the persistent, unhurried flow of the local watershed.

About This Raintree Plantation Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Raintree Plantation, Missouri. Coordinates: 38.254687, -90.603343. 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 Raintree Plantation includes the ZIP code (63050), telephone area code (314), county seat of Jefferson County (Hillsboro), and school district assignment (Hillsboro R-III 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.