Wortham Missouri Map

About Wortham, Missouri

Wortham is a locality in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 197. The population density is 85.4 people per km². Wortham is located at 37.8445°N, 90.6087°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 63601.

Wortham occupies a quiet stretch of Missouri earth where the land leans into the slow, deliberate work of the seasons. It lies 11.1 miles west-northwest of Farmington, MO (from Farmington, MO: bearing 293°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west of Park Hills. The terrain here holds a stubborn, weathered character, defined by low-slung rises and the persistent, wandering path of Hayden Creek, which carves a modest silver vein through the heavy soil just a mile from the center. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of Redman Ridge anchors the horizon, while the cooling air at dusk settles over the fields like a fine, gray veil. Nearby, the quiet surface of Donald Straus Lake catches the dying light, reflecting a sky that seems wider and more watchful here than in the crowded places further east.

Wortham grew from the iron-willed efforts of those who turned the stubborn ground to industry, leaving behind a legacy of hard-won resilience that still informs the local pace. While the economy has shifted away from the intensive extraction of earlier decades, the spirit of the region remains tied to the land and the nearby Leadwood Access, where the quietude of the woods offers a reprieve from the persistent hum of the modern world. Life in Wortham moves with the steady, unadorned cadence of the prairie, marked by a plain-spoken sincerity that avoids unnecessary ornament. The people here understand that their history is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring way the afternoon sun hits the timber and the way the community keeps its own counsel, patient and observant under the vast, shifting canopy of the Midwest sky.

About This Wortham Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wortham, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.844495, -90.608738. 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 Wortham includes the ZIP code (63601), telephone area code (816), county seat of St. Francois County (Farmington), and school district assignment (West St. Francois County R-IV 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.