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Kings Grove

Ghost town · Holt County, Missouri

Maitland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1926, 1:62,500)
Maitland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1926, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Kings Grove is a ghost town in Holt County, Missouri, recorded as human settlement in Missouri, United States of America. It is one of 2 former communities in Holt County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 87th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Kings Grove as a historical populated place on the Maitland 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 40.2461° N, 95.1244° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMaitland
Elevation994 ft
Nearest living townSkidmore, MO
Distance to it3.7 miles
GNIS feature ID739623
Coordinates40.24610, -95.12442

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What's there now

Kings Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Skidmore, MO (population 179), about 3.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 994 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Kings Grove?

Kings Grove is in Holt County, Missouri, at 40.2461, -95.1244.

How many ghost towns are in Holt County?

Holt County, Missouri has 2 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 2026-11-05.