Turney Missouri Map

About Turney, Missouri

Turney is a locality in Clinton County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 114. The population density is 94.9 people per km². Turney is located at 39.6347°N, 94.3211°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Turney is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64493.

Turney emerges from the expansive Missouri plains as a quiet intersection of horizon and soil, where the sky holds a vast, pale clarity that seems to swallow the world. It lies 18.6 miles north of Kearney, MO (from Kearney, MO: bearing 7°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-southwest of Cameron. The landscape surrounding Turney is defined by the steady, rhythmic rise and fall of open farmland, broken only by the thin, dark veins of timber that follow the path of Shoal Creek as it winds through the low ground. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Yankee Ridge anchors the western view, a reminder of the geological weight that presses down upon this central corridor. When the light of late afternoon spills across the fields, the earth takes on a deep, bruised copper hue, transforming the utilitarian geometry of plowed rows into a somber, moving canvas of shadows and golden stubble.

Agriculture remains the singular, pulsing heart of the local economy, a legacy that connects the daily labor of residents to the foundational history of the nineteenth-century rail lines that first brought structure to these fields. Life in Turney moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, favoring the persistence of the harvest over the frantic urgency of distant urban centers. For those seeking the stillness of the wild, the Hartell (Ronald And Maude) Conservation Area offers a retreat into native grasses and quiet thickets, while the nearby waters of Lathrop Lake provide a reflective mirror for the shifting clouds. The community maintains a plain-spoken character forged by generations of settlers who understood that the true wealth of the region is measured in the reliability of the soil and the endurance of a long, uninterrupted view.

About This Turney Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Turney, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.634724, -94.321058. 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 Turney includes the ZIP code (64493), telephone area code (816), county seat of Clinton County (Plattsburg), and school district assignment (Lathrop 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.