Richards Missouri Map

About Richards, Missouri

Richards is a locality in Vernon County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 43. The population density is 61.9 people per km². Richards is located at 37.9073°N, 94.5572°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Richards is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64778.

Richards emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Missouri plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 52.3 miles north-northwest of Carthage, MO (from Carthage, MO: bearing 345°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-northeast of Fort Scott. Cottonwood Creek winds through the low-lying terrain only a mile away, its banks marked by the silver-barked trees that bow toward the dark, slow-moving water. To the west, the Rombaugh Hills rise in a soft, hazy violet silhouette against the evening light, anchoring a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the prairie. A traveler might notice the way the light catches the tall grass at dusk, turning the fields into a sea of amber that shifts and ripples under the evening breeze.

Richards retains the stoic character of a place built upon the labor of the soil, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the harvest and the seasonal rhythm of the grain elevator. The history of the area lingers in the weathered wood of old structures and the expansive, silent fields that stretch toward the Fred Wilmot Reservoir. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the Big Drywood Creek Conservation Area offers a sanctuary where the native ecosystem thrives, undisturbed by the modern pace of life. Daily existence in Richards moves with a deliberate, plain-spoken grace, reflecting a heritage of self-reliance and the simple, enduring beauty of a life lived in harmony with the surrounding plains.

About This Richards Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Richards, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.90726, -94.557178. 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 Richards includes the ZIP code (64778), telephone area code (816), county seat of Vernon County (Nevada), and school district assignment (Nevada R-V 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.