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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 Lightning Hills 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 30.2243° N, 103.0691° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLightning Hills
Elevation4,108 ft
Nearest living townMarathon, TX
Distance to it10 miles
GNIS feature ID1377992
Coordinates30.22434, -103.06905

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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 10 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,108 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 30.2243, -103.0691.

How many ghost towns are in Brewster County?

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

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