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Ilia

Ghost town · Mercer County, Missouri

Cleopatra quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)
Cleopatra quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ilia is a ghost town in Mercer County, Missouri. It is one of 2 former communities in Mercer County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 75th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ilia as a historical populated place on the Cleopatra 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 40.5306° N, 93.4505° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCleopatra
Elevation1,090 ft
Nearest living townMercer, MO
Distance to it4.4 miles
GNIS feature ID740238
Coordinates40.53056, -93.45050

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What's there now

Ilia is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mercer, MO (population 359), about 4.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,090 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 Ilia?

Ilia is in Mercer County, Missouri, at 40.5306, -93.4505.

How many ghost towns are in Mercer County?

Mercer County, Missouri has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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