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Thralls Prairie

Ghost town · Boone County, Missouri

Hilldale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Hilldale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Thralls Prairie is a ghost town in Boone County, Missouri. It is one of 17 former communities in Boone County on the federal names register. No county in Missouri has more among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Thralls Prairie as a historical populated place on the Hilldale 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 39.0131° N, 92.5552° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHilldale
Elevation702 ft
Nearest living townRocheport, MO
Distance to it2.5 miles
GNIS feature ID759424
Coordinates39.01309, -92.55518

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What's there now

Thralls Prairie is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rocheport, MO (population 215), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 702 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 Thralls Prairie?

Thralls Prairie is in Boone County, Missouri, at 39.0131, -92.5552.

How many ghost towns are in Boone County?

Boone County, Missouri has 17 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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