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Bakersville

Ghost town · Callaway County, Missouri

Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)
Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bakersville is a ghost town in Callaway County, Missouri. It is one of 9 former communities in Callaway County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 15th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bakersville as a historical populated place on the Osage City 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 38.5695° N, 92.0224° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleOsage City
Elevation535 ft
Nearest living townTebbetts, MO
Distance to it4.9 miles
GNIS feature ID738629
Coordinates38.56948, -92.02240

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Bakersville today, aerial view
Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)

Left: Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Bakersville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Tebbetts, MO (population 419), about 4.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 535 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Bakersville?

Bakersville is in Callaway County, Missouri, at 38.5695, -92.0224.

How many ghost towns are in Callaway County?

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

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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 2026-11-06.