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Never Spur

Ghost town · Mississippi County, Missouri

Charleston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)
Charleston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Never Spur is a ghost town in Mississippi County, Missouri. It is one of 10 former communities in Mississippi County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 13th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Never Spur as a historical populated place on the Bertrand 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 36.9131° N, 89.4340° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBertrand
Elevation320 ft
Nearest living townBertrand, MO
Distance to it1.1 miles
GNIS feature ID739880
Coordinates36.91311, -89.43397

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What's there now

Never Spur is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bertrand, MO (population 707), about 1.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 320 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 Never Spur?

Never Spur is in Mississippi County, Missouri, at 36.9131, -89.4340.

How many ghost towns are in Mississippi County?

Mississippi County, Missouri has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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