Abandoned Record
About Plum Valley
Plum Valley is an extinct town in west central Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Plum Valley, 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 Plum Valley is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Plum Valley
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.
- 1941 Bado sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1943 Bado sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Springfield sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Springfield sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1959 Springfield sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1983 Mountain Grove sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1987 Bucyrus sheet, 1:24,000 · 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 Plum Valley
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Missouri index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Plum Valley, Missouri": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q28123362.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).