Wardell Missouri Map

About Wardell, Missouri

Wardell is a locality in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 310. The population density is 424.4 people per km². Wardell is located at 36.3515°N, 89.8179°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wardell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63879.

Wardell occupies a flat expanse of the Bootheel, where the Little River snakes through the dark, alluvial soil like a slow, deliberate pulse. It lies 15.5 miles east-northeast of Kennett, MO (from Kennett, MO: bearing 59°T), and is situated 8.3 miles southwest of Portageville. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, allowing the late afternoon sun to flatten the shadows of silos and power lines against the vast, tilled fields. Twelve miles to the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Barnes Ridge rises against the sky, a distant reminder of a more rugged terrain, while the land closer to Wardell remains defined by the rhythmic labor of the seasonal harvest. The air here holds the scent of turned earth and drying stalks, a heavy, grounded stillness that settles over the plains long before the stars emerge.

History in Wardell is written in the rows of cotton and soybeans that define the local economy, a legacy of agricultural endurance that keeps the pulse of the community steady. Life moves in cadence with the changing seasons, supported by the proximity of the Black Island Ca (Stephen C Bradford Unit), where the wilder, wooded edges of the landscape offer a quiet refuge from the open expanse of the surrounding farms. While the waters of Big Bayou remain seven miles distant, their presence influences the moisture in the breeze, cooling the summer heat that rises off the black dirt. Men and women here share a plain-spoken resilience, their daily existence tied to the cycles of the land and the quiet, persistent flow of the nearby riverbed.

About This Wardell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wardell, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.351453, -89.817863. 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 Wardell includes the ZIP code (63879), telephone area code (816), county seat of Pemiscot County (Caruthersville), and school district assignment (North Pemiscot 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.