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Alvord

Ghost town · Mercer County, Missouri

Princeton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1946, 1:62,500)
Princeton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1946, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Alvord is a ghost town in Mercer County, Missouri. It is one of 2 former communities in Mercer County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 75th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Alvord as a historical populated place on the Princeton 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 40.4556° N, 93.5955° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePrinceton
Elevation848 ft
Nearest living townPrinceton, MO
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID740212
Coordinates40.45556, -93.59550

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What's there now

Alvord is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Princeton, MO (population 1,434), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 848 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 Alvord?

Alvord is in Mercer County, Missouri, at 40.4556, -93.5955.

How many ghost towns are in Mercer County?

Mercer County, Missouri has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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