Summer Set Missouri Map

About Summer Set, Missouri

Summer Set is a locality in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,127. The population density is 477.1 people per km². Summer Set is located at 38.0916°N, 90.5666°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 63020.

Summer Set stretches across a landscape defined by the persistent, winding course of Falling Rock Branch, which carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the local topography. It lies 12.9 miles southwest of Festus, MO (from Festus, MO: bearing 226°T), and is situated 3.4 miles south of De Soto. The terrain here unfolds in quiet, terrestrial layers, where the horizon is punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of Redman Ridge rising against the Missouri sky. At the center of the immediate landscape, the waters of Spring Lake hold the light of a fading afternoon in a mirror of unbroken, silvered stillness. To the west, the land dips into the shaded, verdant basin of Dripping Springs Hollow, where the air grows noticeably cooler and heavy with the scent of damp earth and limestone. The light at dusk here possesses a peculiar, amber quality, catching the tall grasses of the plains and turning the fields into a sea of burnished copper that seems to hold the warmth of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the distant ridge.

Summer Set carries a history rooted in the modest, industrious cycles of the interior, where the economy has long favored small-scale agriculture and the steady, unassuming labor of the regional trades. The local character is tempered by a plain-spoken durability, reflecting a heritage of families who settled the land to work the rich, dark soil that characterizes this part of the state. Residents often gather for quiet recreation at 1551 Veterans Dr, an open space that serves as a communal anchor amidst the quiet pulse of daily life. While the industries of Summer Set have shifted over the decades, the rhythm of the place remains tethered to the seasonal turning of the crops and the slow, deliberate movement of the Falling Rock Branch. Here, the architecture is utilitarian and honest, composed of brick and timber that weathered the humid summers and sharp winters, embodying a resilience that prefers the quiet satisfaction of a well-tended garden over the clamor of wider, faster worlds.

About This Summer Set Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Summer Set, Missouri. Coordinates: 38.091589, -90.566569. 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 Summer Set includes the ZIP code (63020), telephone area code (314), county seat of Jefferson County (Hillsboro), and school district assignment (Sunrise R-IX 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.