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Aragonite

Ghost town · Tooele County, Utah

Aragonite SE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)
Aragonite SE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Aragonite is a ghost town in Tooele County, Utah. It is one of 13 former communities in Tooele County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 28 Utah counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Aragonite as a historical populated place: 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 40.5983° N, 113.0220° W.

Key facts

Elevation5,082 ft
Nearest living townGrantsville, UT
Distance to it29 miles
Coordinates40.59830, -113.02200

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What's there now

Aragonite is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Grantsville, UT (population 13,637), about 29 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,082 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 Aragonite?

Aragonite is in Tooele County, Utah, at 40.5983, -113.0220.

How many ghost towns are in Tooele County?

Tooele County, Utah has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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