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Drewel Ford

Ghost town · Gasconade County, Missouri

Bland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500)
Bland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Drewel Ford is a ghost town in Gasconade County, Missouri. It is one of 5 former communities in Gasconade County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 48th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Drewel Ford as a historical populated place on the Cooper Hill 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 38.3992° N, 91.6385° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCooper Hill
Elevation567 ft
Nearest living townBland, MO
Distance to it6.8 miles
GNIS feature ID740814
Coordinates38.39921, -91.63850

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What's there now

Drewel Ford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bland, MO (population 538), about 6.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 567 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 Drewel Ford?

Drewel Ford is in Gasconade County, Missouri, at 38.3992, -91.6385.

How many ghost towns are in Gasconade County?

Gasconade County, Missouri has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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