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West Union

Ghost town · Cass County, Missouri

West Line quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000)
West Line quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

West Union is a ghost town in Cass County, Missouri, recorded as human settlement in Missouri, United States of America. 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 West Union 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 38.6964° N, 94.5383° W.

Key facts

Elevation939 ft
Nearest living townLake Annette, MO
Distance to it3.4 miles
Coordinates38.69640, -94.53829

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.

West Union today, aerial view
West Line quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000)

Left: West Line quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000), 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

West Union is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lake Annette, MO (population 100), about 3.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 939 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 West Union?

West Union is in Cass County, Missouri, at 38.6964, -94.5383.

How many ghost towns are in Cass County?

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

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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.