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Lebanon

Ghost town · Boone County, Missouri

Centralia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1945, 1:62,500)
Centralia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1945, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lebanon is a ghost town in Boone County, Missouri. It is one of 17 former communities in Boone County on the federal names register. No county in Missouri has more among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lebanon as a historical populated place on the Hallsville 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 39.0695° N, 92.2210° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHallsville
Elevation830 ft
Nearest living townHallsville, MO
Distance to it3.5 miles
GNIS feature ID759435
Coordinates39.06949, -92.22101

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What's there now

Lebanon is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hallsville, MO (population 2,049), about 3.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 830 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 Lebanon?

Lebanon is in Boone County, Missouri, at 39.0695, -92.2210.

How many ghost towns are in Boone County?

Boone County, Missouri has 17 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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