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Joanna

Ghost town · Ralls County, Missouri

Joanna quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:24,000)
Joanna quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Joanna is a ghost town in Ralls County, Missouri. It is one of 3 former communities in Ralls County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 73rd among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Joanna 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 39.5408° N, 91.6694° W.

Key facts

Elevation607 ft
Nearest living townPerry, MO
Distance to it7.4 miles
Coordinates39.54083, -91.66944

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.

Joanna today, aerial view
Joanna quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:24,000)

Left: Joanna quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 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

Joanna is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Perry, MO (population 710), about 7.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 607 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 Joanna?

Joanna is in Ralls County, Missouri, at 39.5408, -91.6694.

How many ghost towns are in Ralls County?

Ralls 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.