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Rural Home

Ghost town · Cass County, Missouri

Austin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000)
Austin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Rural Home is a ghost town in Cass County, Missouri. It is one of 9 former communities in Cass County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 17th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Rural Home as a historical populated place on the Austin 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 38.5720° N, 94.3733° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAustin
Elevation862 ft
Nearest living townHarrisonville, MO
Distance to it5.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1829042
Coordinates38.57196, -94.37328

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What's there now

Rural Home is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Harrisonville, MO (population 10,002), about 5.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 862 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 Rural Home?

Rural Home is in Cass County, Missouri, at 38.5720, -94.3733.

How many ghost towns are in Cass County?

Cass County, Missouri has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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