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Cooleys

Ghost town · Clay County, Missouri

Buckner quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000)
Buckner quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cooleys 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 Cooleys as a historical populated place on the Buckner 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 39.2456° N, 94.2288° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBuckner
Elevation726 ft
Nearest living townMissouri City, MO
Distance to it4 miles
GNIS feature ID740167
Coordinates39.24556, -94.22884

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What's there now

Cooleys is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Missouri City, MO (population 262), about 4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 726 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 Cooleys?

Cooleys is in Clay County, Missouri, at 39.2456, -94.2288.

How many ghost towns are in Clay County?

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

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