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Dean

Ghost town · Lander County, Nevada

Mt. Lewis quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:62,500)
Mt. Lewis quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Dean is a ghost town in Lander County, Nevada. It is one of 40 former communities in Lander County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Dean as a historical populated place on the Mount Lewis 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 40.4252° N, 116.8562° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMount Lewis
Elevation7,106 ft
Nearest living townCrescent Valley, NV
Distance to it14.8 miles
GNIS feature ID863152
Coordinates40.42519, -116.85621

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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.

Dean today, aerial view
Mt. Lewis quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:62,500)

Left: Mt. Lewis quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:62,500), 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

Dean is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Crescent Valley, NV (population 630), about 14.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 7,106 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

Questions

Where is Dean?

Dean is in Lander County, Nevada, at 40.4252, -116.8562.

How many ghost towns are in Lander County?

Lander County, Nevada has 40 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 2026-11-06.