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Brendel

Ghost town · Grand County, Utah

Crescent Junction quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:62,500)
Crescent Junction quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Brendel is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah. It is one of 7 former communities in Grand County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 28 Utah counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Brendel as a historical populated place on the Crescent Junction 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 38.9469° N, 109.8148° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCrescent Junction
Elevation4,903 ft
Nearest living townGreen River, UT
Distance to it19.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1437512
Coordinates38.94692, -109.81485

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What's there now

Brendel is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Green River, UT (population 804), about 19.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,903 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 Brendel?

Brendel is in Grand County, Utah, at 38.9469, -109.8148.

How many ghost towns are in Grand County?

Grand County, Utah has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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