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Fruita

Ghost town · Wayne County, Utah

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

Fruita is a ghost town in Wayne County, Utah. It is one of 2 former communities in Wayne County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 21st among the 28 Utah counties with a vanished settlement on record.

Fruita was established in 1880, in the late 19th century.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fruita as a historical populated place: 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 38.2856° N, 111.2442° W.

Key facts

Founded1880
Elevation5,550 ft
Nearest living townTorrey, UT
Distance to it10 miles
Coordinates38.28556, -111.24417

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What's there now

Fruita is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Torrey, UT (population 332), about 10 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,550 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Picture taken by Daniel Mayer in late June 2005.
Picture taken by Daniel Mayer in late June 2005. · No machine-readable author provided. Mav assumed (based on copyright claims). / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5

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Questions

Where is Fruita?

Fruita is in Wayne County, Utah, at 38.2856, -111.2442.

How many ghost towns are in Wayne County?

Wayne County, Utah has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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