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Cottonwood

Ghost town · Salt Lake County, Utah

Sugar House quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Sugar House quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cottonwood is a ghost town in Salt Lake County, Utah. It is one of 7 former communities in Salt Lake County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 8th among the 28 Utah counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cottonwood as a historical populated place on the Sugar House 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 40.6583° N, 111.8341° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSugar House
Elevation4,386 ft
Nearest living townHolladay, UT
Distance to it0.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1448303
Coordinates40.65828, -111.83410

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What's there now

Cottonwood is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Holladay, UT (population 31,236), about 0.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,386 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 Cottonwood?

Cottonwood is in Salt Lake County, Utah, at 40.6583, -111.8341.

How many ghost towns are in Salt Lake County?

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

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