Abandoned Record
About Ajax
Ajax is a ghost town located in the Rush Valley area of southeastern Tooele County, Utah, United States. The town grew up around a unique department store started in 1869 by a Welsh immigrant named William Ajax.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Ajax, 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 Ajax is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Ajax
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.
- 1885 Tooele Valley sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Tooele sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Tooele sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1971 Faust sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1979 Rush Valley sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1993 Faust sheet, 1:24,000 · 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 Ajax
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Utah index.
- Mercur11.5 mi NE · Tooele
- Ophir12.7 mi NE · Tooele
- Benmore14.8 mi S · Tooele
- Scranton15.9 mi SE · Tooele
- Homansville23.8 mi SE · Utah
- Mosida24.0 mi E · Utah
- Knightsville24.3 mi SE · Utah
- Mammoth25.0 mi SE · Juab
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Ajax, Utah": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q4699574.
- USGS GNIS 1435039.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).