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Braddy Ford

Ghost town · Madison County, Missouri

Fredericktown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500)
Fredericktown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Braddy Ford is a ghost town in Madison County, Missouri. It is the only former community in Madison County recorded on the federal names register, out of 525 across Missouri.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Braddy Ford as a historical populated place on the Rhodes Mountain 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 37.5014° N, 90.4579° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRhodes Mountain
Elevation582 ft
Nearest living townCherokee Pass, MO
Distance to it9 miles
GNIS feature ID748989
Coordinates37.50144, -90.45790

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What's there now

Braddy Ford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cherokee Pass, MO (population 130), about 9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 582 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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