Abandoned Record
About Brandon
Brandon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Kiowa County, Colorado, United States. The population of the Brandon CDP was 21 at the United States Census 2020.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Brandon, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Brandon is
Historic maps
8 historic USGS maps cover Brandon
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1890 Granada sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1892 Granada sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1894 Granada sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Lamar sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Lamar sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1968 Brandon sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Lamar sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1988 Lamar sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Brandon
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Colorado index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Brandon": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Brandon, Colorado": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q4956731.
- USGS GNIS 2583215.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).