Wayfarrow

Reynard

Ghost town · Bates County, Missouri

Pleasant Gap quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000)
Pleasant Gap quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Reynard is a ghost town in Bates County, Missouri. It is one of 6 former communities in Bates County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 35th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Reynard as a historical populated place on the Pleasant Gap 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 38.1636° N, 94.1363° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePleasant Gap
Elevation828 ft
Nearest living townAppleton City, MO
Distance to it6 miles
GNIS feature ID755622
Coordinates38.16364, -94.13633

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Reynard is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Appleton City, MO (population 1,187), about 6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 828 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Reynard?

Reynard is in Bates County, Missouri, at 38.1636, -94.1363.

How many ghost towns are in Bates County?

Bates County, Missouri has 6 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 2026-11-05.