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Mooreville

Ghost town · Tama County, Iowa

Dysart quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Dysart quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mooreville is a ghost town in Tama County, Iowa. It is one of 4 former communities in Tama County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 18th among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mooreville as a historical populated place on the Dysart topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.2455° N, 92.3005° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDysart
Elevation854 ft
Nearest living townDysart, IA
Distance to it5.1 miles
GNIS feature ID465543
Coordinates42.24555, -92.30046

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What's there now

Mooreville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Dysart, IA (population 1,575), about 5.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 854 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Mooreville?

Mooreville is in Tama County, Iowa, at 42.2455, -92.3005.

How many ghost towns are in Tama County?

Tama County, Iowa has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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