Burmester, Utah

Burmester, Utah
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°41′28″N112°27′08″W / 40.69111°N 112.45222°W / 40.69111; -112.45222
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Tooele
Founded	Before 1906
Named after	Frank T. Burmester
Elevation	4,219 ft (1,286 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code	435
GNIS feature ID	1437515 [1]

Burmester is a ghost town in northeastern Tooele County, Utah, United States. ^[1]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1920	159		—
1930	164		3.1%
1940	28		−82.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau [2]

Description

Burmester is located along Interstate 80 on the north end of the Tooele Valley, near the southwestern edge of the Great Salt Lake, 7 miles (11 km) north of Grantsville. ^[3]

Burmester was originally settled as a railroad community under the name of Grants Station; in 1906 it was renamed for landowner Frank T. Burmester. ^[4] The community severely declined during the Great Depression.

See also

Utahportal

References

1. "Burmester". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Census of Population and Housing". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 8, 2006. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
3. "MyTopo Maps - Burmester, UT, USA" (Map). mytopo.com. Trimble Navigation, Ltd. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
4. Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 57. ISBN   978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC   797284427 . Retrieved March 10, 2018.

External links

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