Abandoned Record
About Main City
Main City is an unincorporated community in Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Main City, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Main City is
Historic maps
8 historic USGS maps cover Main City
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1887 Butler sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1894 Butler sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1947 Lawrence sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1950 Lawrence sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Lawrence sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1961 Main City sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1961 Lawrence sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1981 Butler sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Main City
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Missouri index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Main City": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Main City, Missouri": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q27984354.
- USGS GNIS 741037.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).