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Brightside

Ghost town · Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1894, 1:62,500)
Baltimore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1894, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Brightside is a ghost town in Baltimore County, Maryland. It is one of 23 former communities in Baltimore County on the federal names register. No county in Maryland has more among the 24 Maryland counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Brightside as a historical populated place on the Cockeysville 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 39.3854° N, 76.6427° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCockeysville
Elevation249 ft
Nearest living townTowson, MD
Distance to it1.5 miles
GNIS feature ID593553
Coordinates39.38538, -76.64275

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What's there now

Brightside is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Towson, MD (population 57,683), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 249 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 Brightside?

Brightside is in Baltimore County, Maryland, at 39.3854, -76.6427.

How many ghost towns are in Baltimore County?

Baltimore County, Maryland has 23 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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