Engle
Ghost town · Jefferson County, Missouri

Engle is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Missouri. It is one of 3 former communities in Jefferson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 70th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Engle as a historical populated place on the Herculaneum 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 38.3214° N, 90.3993° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Herculaneum |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 472 ft |
| Nearest living town | Barnhart, MO |
| Distance to it | 1.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 739956 |
| Coordinates | 38.32144, -90.39929 |
What's there now
Engle is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Barnhart, MO (population 6,036), about 1.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 472 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Pointghost town · St. Louis County · 5.9 mi
- Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Sitecovered bridge · Jefferson County · 6.7 mi
- Goldmanghost town · Jefferson County · 6.8 mi
- Woodvilleghost town · Monroe County · 8.2 mi
- Foster Pondghost town · Monroe County · 9.3 mi
- Lakesideghost town · Jefferson County · 9.6 mi
- Kochghost town · St. Louis County · 12.7 mi
- Darmstadtghost town · St. Clair County · 16.6 mi
- Times Beachghost town · St. Louis County · 17 mi
- Ashlandghost town · St. Louis County · 17.9 mi
- Saint Philipghost town · Monroe County · 19.1 mi
- Calveyghost town · Franklin County · 21.6 mi
Questions
Where is Engle?
Engle is in Jefferson County, Missouri, at 38.3214, -90.3993.
How many ghost towns are in Jefferson County?
Jefferson County, Missouri has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- 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.