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Delavan

Ghost town · Jackson County, Missouri

Raymore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000)
Raymore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Delavan as a historical populated place on the Raymore 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 38.8700° N, 94.4627° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRaymore
Elevation1,004 ft
Nearest living townGrandview, MO
Distance to it3.3 miles
GNIS feature ID767628
Coordinates38.87001, -94.46273

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What's there now

Delavan is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Grandview, MO (population 25,821), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,004 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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