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Lake Ford

Ghost town · Osage County, Missouri

Bland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500)
Bland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lake Ford is a ghost town in Osage County, Missouri. It is one of 10 former communities in Osage County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lake Ford as a historical populated place on the Cooper Hill 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 38.4089° N, 91.7393° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCooper Hill
Elevation548 ft
Nearest living townLinn, MO
Distance to it7.5 miles
GNIS feature ID741000
Coordinates38.40893, -91.73933

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What's there now

Lake Ford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Linn, MO (population 1,302), about 7.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 548 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 Lake Ford?

Lake Ford is in Osage County, Missouri, at 38.4089, -91.7393.

How many ghost towns are in Osage County?

Osage County, Missouri has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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