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Pronax

Ghost town · Schuyler County, Missouri

Downing quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000)
Downing quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pronax as a historical populated place on the Downing 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 40.3886° N, 92.3610° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDowning
Elevation844 ft
Nearest living townDowning, MO
Distance to it6.8 miles
GNIS feature ID740177
Coordinates40.38864, -92.36102

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What's there now

Pronax is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Downing, MO (population 366), about 6.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 844 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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