Wayfarrow

Smithton

Ghost town · Boone County, Missouri

Columbia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000)
Columbia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Smithton 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 Smithton as a historical populated place on the Columbia 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 38.9528° N, 92.3377° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleColumbia
Elevation751 ft
Nearest living townColumbia, MO
Distance to it0.7 miles
GNIS feature ID759405
Coordinates38.95282, -92.33768

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Smithton is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Columbia, MO (population 127,200), about 0.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 751 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Smithton?

Smithton is in Boone County, Missouri, at 38.9528, -92.3377.

How many ghost towns are in Boone County?

Boone County, Missouri has 17 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.