Shoal Creek Drive Missouri Map
Shoal Creek Drive, Missouri — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Shoal Creek Drive, Newton County.
Interactive Map of Shoal Creek Drive, Missouri
| City | Shoal Creek Drive |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Newton |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.040895 |
| Longitude | -94.519391 |
| Population | 485 |
| Density | 446.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Shoal Creek Drive, Missouri
Shoal Creek Drive is a locality in Newton County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 485. The population density is 446.6 people per km². Shoal Creek Drive is located at 37.0409°N, 94.5194°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 64804.
Shoal Creek Drive winds through a landscape of gently rolling hills, where the verdant pasturage of cattle farms gives way to the denser, more shadowed embrace of oak and hickory woodlands. It lies 3.0 miles south of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 186°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-south-west of Webb City. The air here, especially in the languid afternoons of late summer, carries the sweet, earthy scent of turned soil and the fainter, wilder perfume of unseen wildflowers blooming along the roadside verges. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, warm shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the stillness and casting a soft, diffused glow upon the weathered fences and barns that punctuate the fields. This is a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet, enduring presence, a slow breathing that marks the passage of seasons and the quiet unfolding of days. The history of Shoal Creek Drive is deeply intertwined with the resourceful spirit of the people who have worked this land, their livelihoods once tied to the rich mineral deposits that lay beneath these very hills. Though the echoes of that extractive past have faded, replaced by the steady hum of agriculture and small-scale enterprises, the legacy remains, a subtle undertone in the local character. The economy here continues to draw sustenance from the earth, with cattle ranching and row crops forming the backbone, fostering a close-knit community where neighborly support is as vital as the rain. Along Shoal Creek Drive, one might still encounter the distinctive limestone outcroppings that speak of the region's geological story, a reminder of the enduring forces that shaped this corner of the Ozarks, where the quiet persistence of nature and human endeavor have forged a singular, unhurried existence.
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About This Shoal Creek Drive Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Shoal Creek Drive, Missouri with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Shoal Creek Drive and Newton County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Shoal Creek Drive is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Shoal Creek Drive is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
