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Glenn Springs

Ghost town · Brewster County, Texas

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

Glenn Springs is a ghost town in Brewster County, Texas, recorded as human settlement in Texas, United States of America. 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 Glenn Springs as a historical populated place on the Glenn Spring 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 29.1610° N, 103.1474° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGlenn Spring
Elevation2,452 ft
Nearest living townStudy Butte, TX
Distance to it26.7 miles
GNIS feature ID2034866
Coordinates29.16104, -103.14739

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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.

Glenn Springs today, aerial view
Glenn Spring quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)

Left: Glenn Spring 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

Glenn Springs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Study Butte, TX (population 172), about 26.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,452 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.

Images

Nine men of the United States Army 14th Cavalry Regiment at Glenn Springs, Texas in 1916. Photograph taken sometime before the May 5, 1916 battle at the town.
Nine men of the United States Army 14th Cavalry Regiment at Glenn Springs, Texas in 1916. Photograph taken sometime before the May 5, 1916 battle at the town. · United States Army / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

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Questions

Where is Glenn Springs?

Glenn Springs is in Brewster County, Texas, at 29.1610, -103.1474.

How many ghost towns are in Brewster County?

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

Sources and licences

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.