Winona Missouri Map

About Winona, Missouri

Winona is a locality in Shannon County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 950. The population density is 96.3 people per km². Winona is located at 37.0098°N, 91.3235°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Winona is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65588.

Winona emerges from the rugged topography of the Ozarks where the persistent Pike Creek carves a path through the limestone-laden earth. It lies 35.1 miles northeast of West Plains, MO (from West Plains, MO: bearing 56°T), and is situated 21.0 miles east of Mountain View. The landscape around Winona is defined by the deep, shadowed folds of Sutton Hollow and the expansive, timber-rich reaches of the Mark Twain National Forest that surround the settlement on every side. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, heavy gold, catching the mist that rises from the damp soil and clinging to the dense canopy of oak and hickory. Seven miles to the west, the silhouette of Mule Mountain anchors the horizon, a constant, silent presence above the uneven terrain. The air carries a scent of pine and crushed shale, a sharp, clean reminder of the isolation that has long shaped the temperament of those who live among these steep, irregular rises.

History in Winona is measured in the slow expansion of the timber industry and the enduring legacy of the railroads that once sought to tame this wilder corner of the state. Local life revolves around the rhythms of the land, with the economy favoring forestry and the steady, quiet labor of those who maintain the transit corridors that link the interior to the broader world. While Rocky Creek State Forest sits a few miles away, the daily existence of the people remains tethered to the immediate, practical necessities of the soil and the woods. There is a plain-spoken durability to the buildings and the thoroughfares, reflecting a heritage of self-reliance that persists despite the shifting tides of modern commerce. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a season, marked more by the leaf-fall and the rising waters of the creek than by the hurried expectations of distant cities.

About This Winona Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Winona, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.009774, -91.323467. 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 Winona includes the ZIP code (65588), telephone area code (573), county seat of Shannon County (Eminence), and school district assignment (Winona R-III 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.