South Gifford Missouri Map

About South Gifford, Missouri

South Gifford is a locality in Macon County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 22. The population density is 41.4 people per km². South Gifford is located at 40.0258°N, 92.6829°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. South Gifford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63549.

South Gifford anchors itself upon the quiet expanse of the Missouri plains, where the Chariton River carves a deliberate, winding path through the silt and heavy clay of the surrounding fields. It lies 12.8 miles south-southwest of Kirksville, MO (from Kirksville, MO: bearing 204°T), and is situated 22.5 miles north-northwest of Macon. The horizon is vast and uninterrupted, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of White Oak Ridge that marks the far edge of the world. Beyond the reach of the immediate farmsteads, the terrain softens into the timbered slopes of Hidden Hollow Conservation Area, a space where the air settles cold and heavy in the low-lying pockets of the earth. At dusk, the light here possesses a peculiar, amber quality, catching the tall grasses of the meadows and turning the dormant furrows of the soil into a textured map of shadow and gold.

South Gifford emerged from the necessity of the rail and the plow, its history tied to the steady output of the agrarian economy that still defines the rhythm of the day. The local character is shaped by the labor of the harvest and the solitary nature of the surrounding acreage, where the silence is broken only by the mechanical hum of machinery or the shifting of the wind. A few miles away, the quiet surface of Taylor Hole reflects the changing seasons, just as the deeper woods of Sugar Creek State Forest offer a reprieve from the open, sun-drenched expanses of the working fields. Life in South Gifford moves with a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting a resilience born of the land and a quiet, inward-looking focus that remains indifferent to the frantic noise of the modern world.

About This South Gifford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of South Gifford, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.0258, -92.6829. 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 South Gifford includes the ZIP code (63549), telephone area code (816), county seat of Macon County (Macon), and school district assignment (La Plata R-II 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.