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Brightwood

Ghost town · Marion County, Indiana

Indianapolis East quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:24,000)
Indianapolis East quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Brightwood is a ghost town in Marion County, Indiana. It is one of 9 former communities in Marion County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 33 Indiana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Brightwood as a historical populated place on the Indianapolis East 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 39.8037° N, 86.1097° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleIndianapolis East
Elevation778 ft
Nearest living townIndianapolis city, IN
Distance to it2.7 miles
GNIS feature ID452202
Coordinates39.80365, -86.10971

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What's there now

Brightwood is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Indianapolis city, IN (population 882,043), about 2.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 778 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 Brightwood?

Brightwood is in Marion County, Indiana, at 39.8037, -86.1097.

How many ghost towns are in Marion County?

Marion County, Indiana has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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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.