Rea Missouri Map

About Rea, Missouri

Rea is a locality in Andrew County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 46. The population density is 148.0 people per km². Rea is located at 40.0619°N, 94.7647°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rea is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64480.

Rea emerges from the flat, hardworking expanse of the Missouri landscape, defined by the persistent, low-slung path of the Lower Neely Branch as it carves through the silt. It lies 20.4 miles south-southeast of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 164°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-northeast of Savannah. The air here holds a particular weight at dusk, a stillness that settles over the fields long before the shadows of the distant Pinhook Hills begin to stretch across the horizon. Only two miles away, the Eva Neely Davis Memorial State Forest offers a dense, tangled contrast to the open agricultural plots, while the Christie (James D.) Conservation Area serves as a quiet buffer where the prairie grasses lean into the wind. The light in Rea often takes on a bruised, copper hue as it catches the dust of the harvest, turning the horizon into a sharp line between the earth and the darkening sky.

History in Rea is written in the slow, mechanical cycle of the grain elevators and the quiet persistence of family-owned farms that have outlasted the changing tides of regional commerce. Life here moves to the rhythm of the seasons, tethered to the soil and the occasional trip to the banks of Lake La Verne for a respite from the heavy heat of midsummer. The local economy relies on the stubborn tenacity of those who work the land, maintaining a culture that values plain-spoken utility over the frantic pace of the larger hubs to the south. In the quiet intersections of Rea, the legacy of early Midwestern settlement remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the way the community turns its collective gaze toward the changing weather, always mindful of the water levels in the creek and the health of the upcoming crop.

About This Rea Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rea, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.061937, -94.764689. 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 Rea includes the ZIP code (64480), telephone area code (816), county seat of Andrew County (Savannah), and school district assignment (North Andrew County R-VI 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.