Glenn Springs

Ghost town · Brewster County, Texas

Glenn Spring quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Glenn Springs is a ghost town in Brewster County, Texas, recorded as human settlement in Texas, United States of America. It is one of 8 former communities in Brewster County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Glenn Springs as a historical populated place on the Glenn 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 29.1610° N, 103.1474° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Glenn Spring
Elevation	2,452 ft
Nearest living town	Study Butte, TX
Distance to it	26.7 miles
GNIS feature ID	2034866
Coordinates	29.16104, -103.14739

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What's there now

Glenn Springs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Study Butte, TX (population 172), about 26.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,452 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Nine men of the United States Army 14th Cavalry Regiment at Glenn Springs, Texas in 1916. Photograph taken sometime before the May 5, 1916 battle at the town. · United States Army / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

Nearby places

San Vicente
ghost town · Brewster County · 7.7 mi
Terlingua
ghost town · Brewster County · 30.4 mi
Tinaja
ghost town · Brewster County · 43.1 mi
Contrabando
ghost town · Presidio County · 46.1 mi

Questions

Where is Glenn Springs?

Glenn Springs is in Brewster County, Texas, at 29.1610, -103.1474.

How many ghost towns are in Brewster County?

Brewster County, Texas has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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