Rocky Comfort Missouri Map

About Rocky Comfort, Missouri

Rocky Comfort is a locality in McDonald County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 176. The population density is 122.7 people per km². Rocky Comfort is located at 36.7465°N, 94.0905°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 64861.

Rocky Comfort emerges from the landscape where the South Indian Creek carves a persistent, silver path through the limestone-heavy terrain of the Ozarks. It lies 17.5 miles east-southeast of Neosho, MO (from Neosho, MO: bearing 119°T), and is situated 15.2 miles southwest of Monett. The air here holds a particular, heavy clarity, especially when the light of late afternoon catches the tall grasses that rise toward the shadows of Pine Log Ridge on the horizon. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the land shifts into a series of steep, wooded slopes and narrow ravines like Christian Hollow, where the damp earth exhales the scent of decaying leaves and cool stone. The rhythm of the seasons dictates the color of the horizon, shifting from the pale, brittle greens of early spring to the deep, rust-colored ochre that settles over the ridges as the year wanes.

Economic life in Rocky Comfort remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the land, defined by small-scale agricultural efforts that have persisted through generations of families. The local character is marked by a quiet, self-reliant endurance, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger world, where residents often look toward the Flag Spring Conservation Area for a brief respite in the quietude of managed timber and brush. While the proximity to Jackman Lake offers a distant destination for those seeking the stillness of open water, daily existence remains focused on the immediate fields and the steady, unhurried flow of the creek. It is a place where the history of the soil is written in the fences and the weathered wood of old barns, reflecting a persistent, plain-spoken resilience that defines the identity of Rocky Comfort.

About This Rocky Comfort Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rocky Comfort, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.746457, -94.090486. 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 Rocky Comfort includes the ZIP code (64861), telephone area code (816), county seat of McDonald County (Pineville), and school district assignment (McDonald 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.