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Westcott, Missouri

Ghost town
In Westcott, Missouri
1.9 mi from Route 66

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Westcott is an extinct town near Rolla, MO, in the northwestern part of Phelps County. The town itself is gone, but the spot is still easy to place: it lies on Missouri Route C, a little east of Tick Creek, about 3 miles north-northwest of Doolittle, not far from Interstate 44. It sits about 1.9 miles off the old road, a short back-road detour for travellers who like finding lost places.

What is Westcott?

Westcott is a former settlement, not an attraction. What remains is the setting: rolling Ozark country along a state route, with Tick Creek about three-quarters of a mile to the west.

Visiting Westcott: tips

Come for the drive and the story rather than for sights. Stay on public roads and respect private property. The Lyric Live Theater is about 4 miles away, the Arlington site about 5, and Signal about 6.

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Lyric Live Theater

Newburg, Missouri · 1.9 mi from Route 66

A 1919 brick small-town theater in Newburg that showed movies until 1955 and now hosts live shows.

Historic theater

4.0 mi from Westcott

Arlington

Arlington, Missouri · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A near-empty railroad and Route 66 town on the Little Piney, left at a dead end when I-44 bypassed it.

5.3 mi from Westcott

Signal

Signal, Missouri · 5.0 mi from Route 66

A tiny Phelps County town that had a post office for just two years, and a name no one can explain.

6.1 mi from Westcott

Rolla Ranger Station Historic District, Missouri

Rolla Ranger Station Historic District

Rolla, Missouri · on Route 66

Five 1930s stone and frame buildings built by the Civilian Conservation Corps for forest rangers.

Historic districtPhoto credit

6.2 mi from Westcott

National Bank of Rolla Building, Missouri

National Bank of Rolla Building

Rolla, Missouri · 0.3 mi from Route 66

A 1931 Colonial Revival bank building in Rolla, listed for its role in the town and on Route 66.

Historic hotelPhoto credit

7.1 mi from Westcott

Macedonia

Macedonia, Missouri · 3.3 mi from Route 66

A vanished town north of Rolla, remembered by a church and cemetery a mile up the road.

7.9 mi from Westcott

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