Locust Grove
Ghost town · Calloway County, Kentucky

Locust Grove is a ghost town in Calloway County, Kentucky. It is one of 27 former communities in Calloway County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 11th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Locust Grove as a historical populated place on the Murray 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 36.5549° N, 88.2823° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Murray |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 553 ft |
| Nearest living town | Hazel, KY |
| Distance to it | 4.2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2743631 |
| Coordinates | 36.55495, -88.28231 |
What's there now
Locust Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hazel, KY (population 428), about 4.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 553 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Hickory Groveghost town · Calloway County · 1.1 mi
- Steelevilleghost town · Calloway County · 1.2 mi
- Stoneghost town · Calloway County · 1.2 mi
- Halfwayghost town · Calloway County · 2.8 mi
- Old Salemghost town · Calloway County · 2.8 mi
- Craigtownghost town · Calloway County · 3.3 mi
- Cherry Cornerghost town · Calloway County · 3.7 mi
- East Murrayghost town · Calloway County · 4.1 mi
- Outlandghost town · Calloway County · 4.1 mi
- Macedoniaghost town · Calloway County · 5.6 mi
- Bethelghost town · Calloway County · 6.1 mi
- Utterbackghost town · Calloway County · 6.1 mi
Questions
Where is Locust Grove?
Locust Grove is in Calloway County, Kentucky, at 36.5549, -88.2823.
How many ghost towns are in Calloway County?
Calloway County, Kentucky has 27 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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.