Home of Truth

Ghost town · San Juan County, Utah

Mt Peale 3 SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Home of Truth is a ghost town in San Juan County, Utah. It is one of 4 former communities in San Juan County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 12th among the 28 Utah counties with a vanished settlement on record.

Home of Truth was established in 1933, in the interwar years.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Home of Truth 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 38.0611° N, 109.3833° W.

Key facts

Founded	1933
Elevation	6,225 ft
Nearest living town	Monticello, UT
Distance to it	13.6 miles
Coordinates	38.06111, -109.38333

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What's there now

Home of Truth is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Monticello, UT (population 1,941), about 13.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,225 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Entrance to the "Inner Portal" of Home of Truth, a ghost town in southeastern Utah, United States. · Ntsimp / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

Nearby places

Miners Basin
ghost town · Grand County · 33.8 mi
Castleton
ghost town · Grand County · 37.7 mi
Uravan
ghost town · Montrose County · 41.1 mi

Questions

Where is Home of Truth?

Home of Truth is in San Juan County, Utah, at 38.0611, -109.3833.

How many ghost towns are in San Juan County?

San Juan County, Utah has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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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