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Bennett Place

Ghost town · Brewster County, Texas

Marathon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1920, 1:62,500)
Marathon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1920, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bennett Place is a ghost town in Brewster County, Texas. It is one of 8 former communities in Brewster County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bennett Place as a historical populated place on the Horse 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 30.0752° N, 103.0343° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHorse Mountain
Elevation3,680 ft
Nearest living townMarathon, TX
Distance to it15.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1377990
Coordinates30.07518, -103.03433

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What's there now

Bennett Place is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Marathon, TX (population 271), about 15.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,680 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 Bennett Place?

Bennett Place is in Brewster County, Texas, at 30.0752, -103.0343.

How many ghost towns are in Brewster County?

Brewster County, Texas has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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