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Turley

Ghost town · Texas County, Missouri

Bado quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500)
Bado quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Turley is a ghost town in Texas County, Missouri, recorded as human settlement in Missouri, United States of America. It is one of 12 former communities in Texas County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Turley as a historical populated place: 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 37.4467° N, 92.1822° W.

Key facts

Elevation1,101 ft
Nearest living townPlato, MO
Distance to it4.3 miles
Coordinates37.44667, -92.18222

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Turley today, aerial view
Bado quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500)

Left: Bado quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Turley is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Plato, MO (population 195), about 4.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,101 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Turley?

Turley is in Texas County, Missouri, at 37.4467, -92.1822.

How many ghost towns are in Texas County?

Texas County, Missouri has 12 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 2026-11-06.