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Carothers Place

Ghost town · Owyhee County, Idaho

Antelope Spring quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Antelope Spring quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Carothers Place is a ghost town in Owyhee County, Idaho. It is one of 11 former communities in Owyhee County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 36 Idaho counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Carothers Place as a historical populated place on the Antelope Spring topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.8835° N, 116.4329° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAntelope Spring
Elevation3,602 ft
Nearest living townGrand View, ID
Distance to it18.5 miles
GNIS feature ID396238
Coordinates42.88350, -116.43289

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What's there now

Carothers Place is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Grand View, ID (population 431), about 18.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,602 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Carothers Place?

Carothers Place is in Owyhee County, Idaho, at 42.8835, -116.4329.

How many ghost towns are in Owyhee County?

Owyhee County, Idaho has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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