Explore Saint James, Missouri, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Saint James, Missouri. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Missouri or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Saint James.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Saint James |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Phelps County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.997264 |
| Longitude | -91.614322 |
| Population | 4,190 |
| Density | 280.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 65559 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| County Seat | Rolla |
Saint James emerges from the landscape where the quiet currents of Robinson Creek carve a path through the limestone earth. It lies 9.1 miles east-northeast of Rolla, MO (from Rolla, MO: bearing 70°T), and is situated 12.3 miles west-southwest of Cuba. The terrain unfolds as a series of verdant rises that lead the eye toward the distant silhouette of Pea Ridge, which marks the horizon in a haze of muted blue. At the center of this expanse, the still waters of Lake Scioto reflect the changing moods of the sky, mirroring the amber light of late afternoon that seems to settle heavily upon the fields. The air here carries a crisp, earthen clarity, smelling of damp soil and the deep, abiding presence of the surrounding woods, while St. James Park serves as a green sanctuary where the stillness is punctuated only by the soft rustle of leaves.
Saint James holds a character forged by the industrious spirit of those who settled these plains, blending echoes of European heritage into the straightforward rhythm of the modern day. The local economy draws strength from the land and the endurance of its people, maintaining a steady pace that favors the deliberate over the frantic. Beyond the quiet streets, the proximity to Normans Hollow reveals the rugged geological bones of the region, a reminder of the forces that shaped this interior landscape long before the arrival of iron rails and roads. Life in Saint James moves with a plain-spoken sincerity, where the day’s labor is measured by the sun’s arc and the shared history of the workplace, grounding the inhabitants in a tradition of quiet resilience that remains as solid as the foundation of the town itself.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Saint James, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.997264, -91.614322. 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 Saint James includes the ZIP code (65559), telephone area code (573), county seat of Phelps County (Rolla), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |