Shoal Creek Drive Missouri Map

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 356. The population density is 293.1 people per km². Shoal Creek Drive is located at 37.0409°N, 94.5194°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shoal Creek Drive is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64804.

Shoal Creek Drive cuts a winding path through the limestone-rich terrain of Missouri, where the earth gives way to the dense, green-shadowed woodlands that define the local topography. It lies 3.0 miles south of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 186°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-southwest of Webb City. The air here holds a consistent, damp coolness, heavy with the scent of damp soil and ancient cedar, while the topography slopes downward into the quiet depression of Tanyard Hollow. A mile away, the persistent rush of Shoal Creek Falls provides a constant, rhythmic pulse to the landscape, its white water spilling over rock shelves that have been smoothed by centuries of steady flow. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant, hazy silhouette of Pleasant Ridge breaks the horizon, anchoring the otherwise level expanse of the prairie landscape in a firm, geological permanence.

Shoal Creek Drive serves as a narrow artery connecting residents to the rugged wilderness found in Mcindoe Park, where the local economy leans toward the preservation of these natural assets and the quiet industry of a regional center. Historically, the area grew from the necessity of harnessing the power of Shoal Creek, which once turned the wheels of small mills before the modern transition toward trade and light commerce took hold. Life along this stretch maintains a measured, deliberate pace, far removed from the clamor of the state’s larger metropolitan hubs. On summer evenings, the light catches the limestone outcroppings in a pale, dusty gold, illuminating a life that values the simple proximity of the wilder, wooded reaches over the artificial sprawl of urban development.

About This Shoal Creek Drive Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shoal Creek Drive, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.040895, -94.519391. 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 Shoal Creek Drive includes the ZIP code (64804), telephone area code (816), county seat of Newton County (Neosho), and school district assignment (Joplin 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.