Wayfarrow

Oviet

Ghost town · Cass County, Missouri

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

Oviet is a ghost town in Cass County, Missouri. It is one of 9 former communities in Cass County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 17th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Oviet as a historical populated place on the East Lynne 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 38.6503° N, 94.2163° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleEast Lynne
Elevation867 ft
Nearest living townEast Lynne, MO
Distance to it1.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1829043
Coordinates38.65029, -94.21633

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Oviet is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is East Lynne, MO (population 174), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 867 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Oviet?

Oviet is in Cass County, Missouri, at 38.6503, -94.2163.

How many ghost towns are in Cass County?

Cass County, Missouri has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.