Stotesbury Missouri Map

About Stotesbury, Missouri

Stotesbury is a locality in Vernon County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 12. The population density is 42.1 people per km². Stotesbury is located at 37.9720°N, 94.5636°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stotesbury is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 64778, 64752.

Stotesbury occupies a quiet expanse of the Missouri prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky asserts itself with a vast, unobstructed clarity. It lies 56.7 miles north-northwest of Carthage, MO (from Carthage, MO: bearing 346°T), and is situated 14.6 miles northwest of Nevada. The land here is defined by subtle swells of earth, eventually yielding to the presence of Hickman Hill, which rises two miles away as a solitary anchor in the distance. Only a mile from the center of Stotesbury, the Little Osage River carves a deliberate, winding path through the silt and soil, its presence marked by the deepening of the green hues in the grasses that line its banks. During the long, golden hours of late afternoon, the light catches the dust motes above the fields, casting a soft, amber glow over the landscape that makes the very air feel thick and heavy with the weight of the coming dusk.

Agriculture remains the silent pulse of Stotesbury, with the local economy rooted in the deep, fertile earth that has sustained generations of families who know the temperament of the soil by heart. While the rhythms of the day are governed by the seasonal turn of the harvest, the influence of the surrounding region—from the quietude of the Mcgennis Youth Center Lake seven miles away to the distant, reflective surface of Rock Creek Lake—shapes a life that values the steady, plain-spoken habits of the interior. Life in Stotesbury moves with a measured pace, unburdened by the clamor of larger centers, allowing the residents to remain attuned to the subtle shifts in the weather and the slow, persistent growth of the crops. It is a place where the history of the land is written not in monuments, but in the enduring lines of the fence rows and the persistent, quiet labor of those who call these plains their own.

About This Stotesbury Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stotesbury, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.971981, -94.563566. 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 Stotesbury includes the ZIP code (64778, 64752), telephone area code (816), county seat of Vernon County (Nevada), and school district assignment (Nevada R-V 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.