Southwest Missouri
Route 66 crosses Jasper County as a local corridor
MoDOT's Jasper County Route 66 scenic-byway map shows how the road connects Joplin, Webb City, Carthage, and smaller county places.
Route 66 is not just a nostalgia label in Jasper County. The corridor runs through or near Joplin, Webb City, Carthage, and other county places, and Joplin’s local history keeps it in the city story.
That helps explain the county map. Older commercial strips, courthouse-square tourism, road projects, and local wayfinding all tend to gather around the same east-west thread.
For a visitor, Route 66 is a drive. For a resident, it is also a clue to why certain buildings, signs, and road names feel older than the shopping centers around them.
Use MoDOT traveler tools for current driving conditions. Use city, county, MoDOT, and archival sources for place history.
References
Where this fits: this note belongs to Jasper County. See every local note for the county on its page.