Broadway, Missouri
- Ghost town
- In Broadway, Missouri
- 3.2 mi from Route 66
Broadway is a vanished Missouri hamlet, mapped near St. Louis, MO, and counted today as a ghost town. It had its own post office from 1898 to 1921. The name was a joke: locals had nicknamed a nearby country road Broadway, and the label stuck to the community. The joke lay in the contrast between a plain rural road and a big-city avenue. It lies about 3.2 miles off the old road.
What is Broadway?
Little is recorded beyond the post office years and the story of the name. The post office closed in 1921, and the community is now counted among Missouri's extinct towns.
Visiting Broadway: tips
No visitor site is listed, so treat Broadway as a story rather than a stop. For something to see nearby, Sugarloaf Mound, the last Native American mound in St. Louis, is about 2.8 miles away, and the Coral Court Motel stop is about 4.4 miles off.
Practical info
- On site & nearby
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Where to eat near Broadway
All diners on Route 66 →
On the map
Full mapBroadway with the 6 closest stops and places to eat (fork and knife). Tap a marker for details.
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Stops near Broadway
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