Braddy Ford

Ghost town · Madison County, Missouri

Fredericktown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Braddy Ford is a ghost town in Madison County, Missouri. It is the only former community in Madison County recorded on the federal names register, out of 525 across Missouri.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Braddy Ford as a historical populated place on the Rhodes Mountain 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 37.5014° N, 90.4579° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Rhodes Mountain
Elevation	582 ft
Nearest living town	Cherokee Pass, MO
Distance to it	9 miles
GNIS feature ID	748989
Coordinates	37.50144, -90.45790

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What's there now

Braddy Ford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cherokee Pass, MO (population 130), about 9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 582 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Berryman
ghost town · Iron County · 12.7 mi
Head Ford
ghost town · Wayne County · 13.5 mi
Ezra
ghost town · Bollinger County · 20.1 mi
Pinkley
ghost town · Reynolds County · 20.2 mi
Valley Forge
ghost town · St. Francois County · 20.2 mi
Damon
ghost town · Wayne County · 24 mi
Riverside
ghost town · Reynolds County · 25 mi
Platow
ghost town · Wayne County · 25 mi
Kyles
ghost town · Wayne County · 25.3 mi
Shepard
ghost town · Iron County · 27.1 mi
Old Greenville
ghost town · Wayne County · 27.7 mi
Enough
ghost town · Iron County · 28.9 mi

Sources and licences

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.