Urbana Missouri Map

About Urbana, Missouri

Urbana is a locality in Dallas County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 387. The population density is 155.3 people per km². Urbana is located at 37.8423°N, 93.1669°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Urbana is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65767.

Urbana holds a quiet command over the landscape where the East Branch Cahoochie Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the limestone-heavy earth. It lies 20.6 miles northeast of Bolivar, MO (from Bolivar, MO: bearing 40°T), and is situated 14.3 miles north-northwest of Buffalo. The terrain surrounding Urbana is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition from open, sun-drenched fields to the dense, shadows-heavy timber that marks the approach to the Niangua Hills on the distant horizon. During the long, amber-hued afternoons of late summer, the air feels thick and still, carrying the scent of dry grass and the damp, cool exhales of the creek bed. To the north, the land stretches out in a series of subtle, tectonic swells, while just four miles away, the Pomme De Terre Recreation Area offers a reprieve of managed wilderness. Beyond the immediate fields, the deeper woods of the Lead Mine State Forest wait in the distance, a dark, tangled boundary that gives the open spaces of the local basin a sense of profound, undisturbed scale.

History here is written in the stubborn endurance of the soil and the legacy of families who settled the ridges and the nearby Elkhorn Hollow to work the stubborn, rocky ground. The economy remains tethered to the land’s yield, a cycle of seasonal labor and small-scale trade that dictates the pace of the days. Life in Urbana moves with the deliberate weight of a place that has long prioritized the harvest and the maintenance of the homestead over the frantic expansion found elsewhere. Residents often look toward Pomme de Terre Lake as a central point of gravity, a vast, glassy expanse that reflects the changing temperament of the sky and provides a quiet focus for the region. The culture is marked by a plain-spoken tenacity, a habit of watching the weather with an expert eye, and a deep, ingrained familiarity with the subtle shifts in the light that signal the turning of the seasons across the Missouri plains.

About This Urbana Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Urbana, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.842258, -93.166859. 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 Urbana includes the ZIP code (65767), telephone area code (417), county seat of Dallas County (Buffalo), and school district assignment (Hickory County 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.