Brookfield

Ghost town · Baca County, Colorado

Mc Endree Ranch quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Brookfield is a ghost town in Baca County, Colorado. It is the only former community in Baca County recorded on the federal names register, out of 185 across Colorado.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Brookfield as a historical populated place on the McEndree Ranch 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 37.5939° N, 102.8421° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	McEndree Ranch
Elevation	4,571 ft
Nearest living town	Pritchett, CO
Distance to it	15.5 miles
GNIS feature ID	196054
Coordinates	37.59390, -102.84214

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Left: Mc Endree Ranch quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Brookfield is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Pritchett, CO (population 156), about 15.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,571 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Able
ghost town · Bent County · 32.3 mi
Old Fort Bent
ghost town · Otero County · 44.5 mi

Sources and licences

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 2026-11-06.