WayfarrowIvans Grove
Ghost town · Carbon County, Wyoming
Ivans Grove is a ghost town in Carbon County, Wyoming. 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 Ivans Grove as a historical populated place on the Coad Mountain 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 41.5877° N, 106.5045° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Coad Mountain |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 7,760 ft |
| Nearest living town | Elk Mountain, WY |
| Distance to it | 8.4 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1597362 |
| Coordinates | 41.58774, -106.50447 |
What's there now
Ivans Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Elk Mountain, WY (population 89), about 8.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 7,760 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Widdowfieldghost town · Carbon County · 5.2 mi
- Morriseyghost town · Carbon County · 20 mi
- Sampoghost town · Carbon County · 21.7 mi
- Elwoodghost town · Carbon County · 34.3 mi
- Rock Creekghost town · Albany County · 37.3 mi
- Collinsghost town · Albany County · 37.5 mi
- Battleghost town · Carbon County · 38.8 mi
- Ramblerghost town · Carbon County · 39.5 mi
- Rudefehaghost town · Carbon County · 40.3 mi
- Shirleyghost town · Carbon County · 41.6 mi
- Dillonghost town · Carbon County · 41.7 mi
- Dextervilleghost town · Carbon County · 43.8 mi
Questions
Where is Ivans Grove?
Ivans Grove is in Carbon County, Wyoming, at 41.5877, -106.5045.
How many ghost towns are in Carbon County?
Carbon County, Wyoming has 16 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.