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Graceland

Ghost town · Cedar County, Missouri

Caplinger Mills quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:24,000)
Caplinger Mills quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Graceland is a ghost town in Cedar County, Missouri, recorded as human settlement in Missouri, United States of America. It is one of 3 former communities in Cedar County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 69th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Graceland 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 37.7558° N, 93.7661° W.

Key facts

Elevation871 ft
Nearest living townStockton, MO
Distance to it4.4 miles
Coordinates37.75583, -93.76611

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.

Graceland today, aerial view
Caplinger Mills quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:24,000)

Left: Caplinger Mills quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:24,000), 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

Graceland is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Stockton, MO (population 2,018), about 4.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 871 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 Graceland?

Graceland is in Cedar County, Missouri, at 37.7558, -93.7661.

How many ghost towns are in Cedar County?

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

Sources and licences

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.