Two Log Cabins on Coldwater Creek, Ready to Reimagine
$210,000 Ripe for Reimagining
Just northeast of Womack, near the headwaters of Coldwater Creek — 15.45 acres of Missouri homestead land, wrapped in hardwood timber.
Two full log cabins sit on the property: one with new windows and a mini-split already in for year-round comfort, the other framed, roofed, and waiting on your finishing touches inside. Both got newer roofs and skylights. An artesian well feeds a clear pond on the grounds, and a large Quonset building offers storage or a gathering spot for hunting camp weekends. 1 bd / 1 ba, 900 sq ft, built 1995, on 15.45 acres.
Listed at $210,000. Listing courtesy of Donyel M Burns, Keller Williams Realty Platinum.
Homestead Potential
Water & Infrastructure
Between the artesian well feeding a spring-clear pond and Coldwater Creek running near its own headwaters just off the property, water here is abundant rather than something to plan around. This stretch of the Ozarks sits on karst limestone riddled with springs — it's exactly the geology that makes artesian wells like this one possible in the first place, and it's a genuine asset most rural Missouri buyers spend years hoping to find rather than starting with.
Crop & Income Potential
The thin, rocky soil typical of the St. Francois Mountains was never row-crop ground — this is timber and hunting country, which is exactly what the wooded 15.45 acres delivers. There's room to clear a garden plot near the cabins, and the mix of hardwood cover and creek-fed pond is the same combination that draws deer and turkey to hunt land throughout this part of the Ozarks, with the Quonset building already in place to store equipment either way.
Sustainability
The main cabin's new windows and mini-split already cut the workload of getting through a Missouri winter, and an artesian well means water pressure and supply that doesn't depend on the grid. The second cabin is the real project here — roof and skylights are already done, so what's left is interior finish work rather than structural repair, letting you phase in a second dwelling, guest space, or rental unit without starting from a bare foundation.
The Boundaries
Two structures on one 15.45-acre parcel means checking both against a current survey before closing, especially where the wooded lot lines run near the creek's headwaters — worth confirming exactly where the property meets the neighboring timber, and whether any conservation or floodplain restrictions come with land this close to a creek's source, before you start clearing anything.
Beyond the Property Line
Local Flavor & Small-Town Character
Fredericktown is the Madison County seat, built on the wealth of the old Missouri Lead Belt — the region was one of the country's top lead producers for over a century, and the town's historic downtown square, with its 1898 courthouse, still anchors local life the way it did in the mining era. The St. Francois Mountains surrounding it are among the oldest exposed rock formations in North America, over a billion years old, which is part of why this stretch of the Ozarks looks and feels so different from the younger hill country further south.
Agricultural Resources & Neighbor Networks
Madison County leans toward timber, hunting, and small-acreage homesteading rather than row-crop farming, and the University of Missouri Extension office in Fredericktown is the local go-to for forestry, gardening, and small-livestock guidance on land like this. The Missouri Department of Conservation also runs a private land conservationist program that works directly with landowners on wildlife habitat and forest management — a genuinely useful resource for anyone managing 15+ wooded acres for hunting.
Outdoor Recreation & Natural Surroundings
Elephant Rocks State Park, famous for its house-sized granite boulders you can walk and climb among, and the Millstream Gardens and Silver Mines conservation areas on the St. Francis River — known for Class II-III whitewater that draws kayakers from across the state — are all a short drive away. Add in the hunting, hiking, and riding access the property itself backs up to near Mark Twain National Forest, and this is a genuine outdoor-recreation hub, not just a quiet backroad.
Listed on Zillow
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