Triplett Missouri Map

About Triplett, Missouri

Triplett is a locality in Chariton County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 33. The population density is 55.2 people per km². Triplett is located at 39.4981°N, 93.1938°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Triplett is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65286.

Triplett occupies a quiet stretch of the Missouri plains where the horizon pulls wide and low, emphasizing the vastness of an open sky that shifts from bruised violet to pale gold by evening. It lies 25.9 miles north of Marshall, MO (from Marshall, MO: bearing 0°T), and is situated 18.8 miles east-northeast of Carrollton. The land here leans toward the functional, marked by the steady, rhythmic persistence of Salt Creek as it carves a shallow path through the earth just a mile from the center. To the west, the distant rise of Hog Ridge breaks the monotony of the flatlands, a faint blue silhouette against the clouds, while the nearby expanse of Wiese (Helen K.) offers a sanctuary of tall grass and scrub where the wind hums through the stalks. The light in Triplett possesses a singular, clarifying quality, sharpening the edges of weathered barns and fence posts until they seem to hold the weight of the day in their grain.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Triplett, grounding the inhabitants in the cycle of planting and harvest that has defined this region since the first homesteaders broke the stubborn prairie soil. Economic life remains tethered to the fertility of the surrounding acreage, with the commerce of grain and livestock serving as the primary language of the local trade. While the Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge Habitat Trail lies some distance away, the quietude of the local landscape invites a slower way of being, far removed from the clamor of the state’s larger urban centers. Residents often look toward the nearby waters of Moore Lake to mark the change in seasons, observing the way the surface reflects the changing foliage or the first thin skin of winter ice. Triplett persists as a place of deliberate endurance, where the work of the day is measured by the length of the shadows and the steady, unpretentious labor of those who keep the land.

About This Triplett Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Triplett, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.49808, -93.193814. 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 Triplett includes the ZIP code (65286), telephone area code (573), county seat of Chariton County (Keytesville), and school district assignment (Northwestern R-I 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.