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Baxter

Ghost town · San Bernardino County, California

Cave Mountain quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:62,500)
Cave Mountain quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Baxter is a ghost town in San Bernardino County, California. It is one of 50 former communities in San Bernardino County on the federal names register. No county in California has more among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Baxter as a historical populated place on the Cave 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 35.0430° N, 116.2892° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCave Mountain
Elevation1,204 ft
Nearest living townBaker, CA
Distance to it20.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1951485
Coordinates35.04304, -116.28919

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What's there now

Baxter is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Baker, CA (population 482), about 20.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,204 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 Baxter?

Baxter is in San Bernardino County, California, at 35.0430, -116.2892.

How many ghost towns are in San Bernardino County?

San Bernardino County, California has 50 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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