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Booser

Ghost town · Butler County, Missouri

Acorn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Acorn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Booser is a ghost town in Butler County, Missouri. It is one of 6 former communities in Butler County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 31st among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Booser as a historical populated place on the Naylor 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 36.5912° N, 90.5026° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNaylor
Elevation303 ft
Nearest living townNeelyville, MO
Distance to it2.5 miles
GNIS feature ID735308
Coordinates36.59117, -90.50261

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.

Booser today, aerial view
Acorn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Acorn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 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

Booser is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Neelyville, MO (population 333), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 303 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 Booser?

Booser is in Butler County, Missouri, at 36.5912, -90.5026.

How many ghost towns are in Butler County?

Butler County, Missouri has 6 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.