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Ghost town · Carbon County, Wyoming

Mexican Flats quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1970, 1:24,000)
Mexican Flats quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1970, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Dad is a ghost town in Carbon County, Wyoming, recorded as human settlement in Wyoming, United States of America. It is one of 16 former communities in Carbon County on the federal names register. No county in Wyoming has more among the 17 Wyoming counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Dad 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 41.3261° N, 107.7584° W.

Key facts

Elevation6,529 ft
Nearest living townBaggs, WY
Distance to it20.8 miles
Coordinates41.32610, -107.75840

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What's there now

Dad is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Baggs, WY (population 411), about 20.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,529 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Dad Wyoming
Dad Wyoming · Craig Talbert / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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Questions

Where is Dad?

Dad is in Carbon County, Wyoming, at 41.3261, -107.7584.

How many ghost towns are in Carbon County?

Carbon County, Wyoming has 16 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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