Missouri has a great deal of interesting and significant cultural landmarks, icons and major historic institutions and establishments. It also, and to the delight of many of the people who visit the state, has a large number of ghost towns within the state line. If only those towns could talk, they would have some interesting stories about the civil war days and early days of Missouri’s development. Touring ghost towns is a favorite pastime of many people and quite a few of the tourist to the state enjoy visiting the various communities that once thrived. The sleeping accommodations are better in the contemporary cities than what can be found in the ghost towns, though the souls of former residence may continue to reside there.

Old Franklin is one of the listed ghost towns in the state and it is located near Boonville, and appropriately New Franklin, on State Route 87. The region experiences hot humid summers and pretty cold winters so if you’d like to visit, it is best to try and do so in the fall. This town was left vacant when New Franklin drew all of the residents away from it in a very short period of time.

Cane Creek is another deserted town that lost a lot of its reputation with its residents. There is not a lot of information on this town and not too much of it remains. It is located six miles west of Popular Bluff. Jordan is yet another old town that is believed to have been a silver mining town at one time. Not a lot is left here either though the small town church remains and says Jordan on it. There is also a cemetery out back and a couple of other buildings, but not much of anything else. This is only a beginning demonstration of the types of ghost towns that exist throughout the state of Missouri. More information can be found in the more popular and inhabited cities as well as in various places on the Internet. And it should be noted that there are a great deal more ghost towns than what is mentioned here.

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