Sheridan Missouri Map

About Sheridan, Missouri

Sheridan is a locality in Worth County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 145. The population density is 288.6 people per km². Sheridan is located at 40.5180°N, 94.6122°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sheridan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64486.

Sheridan occupies a quiet expanse of the Missouri plains where the horizon stretches wide and unburdened under a pale, expansive sky. It lies 18.1 miles northeast of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 49°T), and is situated 27.2 miles southeast of Clarinda. The land here leans into a steady, agricultural rhythm, marked by the silken movement of tall grasses and the deep, dark loam that defines the local soil. Nearby, the Platte River carves a deliberate path through the earth, its waters mirroring the shifting clouds, while the calm surface of Aldrich Lake holds the stillness of the afternoon. A short distance away, the Sheridan Access provides a threshold to the wilder stretches of the local flora, where the air smells faintly of damp earth and drying stalks. In the distance, the Pinhook Hills rise as a soft, bruised purple line against the fading light, anchoring the landscape in a permanence that defies the fleeting seasons.

Sheridan maintains a character forged by the persistence of its settlers and the cyclical demands of the harvest. The economy remains rooted in the cultivation of the surrounding acreage, a labor that dictates the pace of life and keeps the focus of the day strictly upon the soil. Long Hollow lies to the south, a reminder of the subtle depressions and drainage patterns that have shaped the movement of people and resources through this region for generations. Residents carry a plain-spoken integrity, a legacy of the early families who recognized that the true wealth of the area lived in the reliability of the grain and the strength of the community network. Even as the modern world pushes against the borders of the county, Sheridan holds to a quiet, interior grace, defined by the steady work of the hands and the patient observation of the seasons as they turn across the Missouri plains.

About This Sheridan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sheridan, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.518045, -94.612186. 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 Sheridan includes the ZIP code (64486), telephone area code (816), county seat of Worth County (Grant City), and school district assignment (Worth County 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.