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Far West

Ghost town · Caldwell County, Missouri

Polo quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 1:62,500)
Polo quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Far West is a ghost town in Caldwell County, Missouri. It is the only former community in Caldwell County recorded on the federal names register, out of 525 across Missouri.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Far West as a historical populated place: 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 39.6711° N, 94.1316° W.

Key facts

Elevation958 ft
Nearest living townKingston, MO
Distance to it5.3 miles
Coordinates39.67112, -94.13161

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.

Far West today, aerial view
Polo quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 1:62,500)

Left: Polo quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 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

Far West is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Kingston, MO (population 286), about 5.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 958 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.

Images

Community of Christ Church in Far West, Missouri.
Community of Christ Church in Far West, Missouri. · John Hamer / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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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.