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Phillips Ford

Ghost town · Hickory County, Missouri

Fristoe quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1945, 1:62,500)
Fristoe quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1945, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Phillips Ford is a ghost town in Hickory County, Missouri. It is one of 2 former communities in Hickory County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 88th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Phillips Ford as a historical populated place on the Fristoe 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 38.0614° N, 93.3233° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFristoe
Elevation704 ft
Nearest living townCross Timbers, MO
Distance to it5.7 miles
GNIS feature ID741151
Coordinates38.06142, -93.32326

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What's there now

Phillips Ford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cross Timbers, MO (population 386), about 5.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 704 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 Phillips Ford?

Phillips Ford is in Hickory County, Missouri, at 38.0614, -93.3233.

How many ghost towns are in Hickory County?

Hickory County, Missouri has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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