Ghost Town Medena Utah
The settlement lies along State Route 56 west of the city of Parowan, the county seat of Iron County. Its elevation is 5,476 feet.
The Righteous Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a polygamous Fundamentalist Mormon sect, is based near Modena. History
The settlement was established as a railroad town in 1899 by the Utah and Nevada Railway. By 1905 it was on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad route between Salt Lake City and Southern California.
