Worth Missouri Map

About Worth, Missouri

Worth is a locality in Worth County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 65. The population density is 99.6 people per km². Worth is located at 40.4050°N, 94.4441°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Worth is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64499.

Worth sits upon a modest expanse of the Midwestern plains, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky asserts a vast, pale authority over the earth. It lies 22.9 miles east of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 80°T), and is situated 23.8 miles west-northwest of Bethany. The Middle Fork Grand River carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape, its banks lined with dense thickets that soften the silhouette of the fields. During the late afternoon, the light here takes on a heavy, golden quality, catching the dust of the backroads and casting long, thin shadows across the dormant soil. In the distance, the faint, hazy suggestion of the Pinhook Hills provides a dark boundary to the world, while the stillness of the air carries the faint, damp scent of the nearby Worth County Conservation Land.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Worth, as the rhythm of the seasons dictates the slow movement of heavy machinery and the cyclical labor of the harvest. The economic life of Worth remains tethered to the fertility of the surrounding soil, a legacy that stretches back to the early settlers who saw promise in these flat, productive reaches. Outside the immediate center, the terrain dips toward the quiet drainage of Possum Hollow, and residents often travel the short distance to Worth County Community Lake when the heat of summer settles over the corn rows. Despite the quietude, there is a persistent, industrious spirit in the way the local fields are organized, a plain-spoken dedication to the land that has remained unchanged by the passing decades.

About This Worth Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Worth, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.404992, -94.444126. 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 Worth includes the ZIP code (64499), telephone area code (816), county seat of Worth County (Grant City), and school district assignment (Worth County 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.