Official Name: | Burmester, Utah |
Pushpin Label: | Burmester |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map: | Utah#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Utah |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Tooele |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | Before 1906 |
Named For: | Frank T. Burmester |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 4219 |
Coordinates: | 40.6911°N -112.4522°W |
Area Code: | 435 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1437515 |
Burmester is an unincorporated community in northeastern Tooele County, Utah, United States.
Burmester is located along Interstate 80 on the north end of the Tooele Valley, near the southwestern edge of the Great Salt Lake, 7miles north of Grantsville.[1]
Burmester was originally settled as a railroad community under the name of Grants Station; in 1906 it was renamed for landowner Frank T. Burmester.[2] The community severely declined during the Great Depression.