Brickton

Ghost town · Adams County, Nebraska

Ayr quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Brickton is a ghost town in Adams County, Nebraska. It is the only former community in Adams County recorded on the federal names register, out of 89 across Nebraska.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Brickton as a historical populated place on the Ayr 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 40.4833° N, 98.4212° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Ayr
Elevation	1,827 ft
Nearest living town	Ayr, NE
Distance to it	3.3 miles
GNIS feature ID	1884437
Coordinates	40.48335, -98.42117

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What's there now

Brickton is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ayr, NE (population 116), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,827 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Spring Ranch
ghost town · Clay County · 11.2 mi
Valley City
ghost town · Kearney County · 26 mi
Abdal
ghost town · Nuckolls County · 29.5 mi
Kearney City
ghost town · Kearney County · 34.7 mi
Nantasket
ghost town · Buffalo County · 44.1 mi
Charlestown
ghost town · York County · 44.6 mi
Sawyer
ghost town · Fillmore County · 47.9 mi
White Rock
ghost town · Republic County · 48.7 mi

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.