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Chick

Ghost town · Clay County, Missouri

Excelsior Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:24,000)
Excelsior Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Chick is a ghost town in Clay County, Missouri. It is one of 3 former communities in Clay County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 66th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Chick as a historical populated place on the Excelsior Springs 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 39.3156° N, 94.2352° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleExcelsior Springs
Elevation868 ft
Nearest living townExcelsior Springs, MO
Distance to it1.7 miles
GNIS feature ID740181
Coordinates39.31556, -94.23522

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What's there now

Chick is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Excelsior Springs, MO (population 10,502), about 1.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 868 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 Chick?

Chick is in Clay County, Missouri, at 39.3156, -94.2352.

How many ghost towns are in Clay County?

Clay County, Missouri has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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