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Ellerslie

Ghost town · Callaway County, Missouri

Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)
Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ellerslie is a ghost town in Callaway County, Missouri. It is one of 9 former communities in Callaway County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 15th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ellerslie as a historical populated place on the New Bloomfield 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 38.7209° N, 92.0946° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNew Bloomfield
Elevation866 ft
Nearest living townNew Bloomfield, MO
Distance to it0.3 miles
GNIS feature ID753750
Coordinates38.72087, -92.09463

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.

Ellerslie today, aerial view
Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)

Left: Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 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

Ellerslie is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is New Bloomfield, MO (population 945), about 0.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 866 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 Ellerslie?

Ellerslie is in Callaway County, Missouri, at 38.7209, -92.0946.

How many ghost towns are in Callaway County?

Callaway County, Missouri has 9 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.