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Carbon County, Utah

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
320historic places
—earliest paper
1894formed
20,412pop. 2020
19cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 320 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1968; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Price, Helper, Spring Glen.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Utah is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Carbon titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

16 of 320 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

320 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
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Alcove, ThePriceSite2014
Archeological Site No. 42Cb1378PriceSite2014
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Bryner, Albert and Mariah, HousePriceBuilding2008
Clerico Commercial BuildingSpring GlenBuilding1999
Cottonwood VillagePriceSite2009
Desolation Canyon NHLGreen RiverSite1968
Drop-Dead RuinPriceSite2009
First Canyon SitePriceSite2009
Flat Canyon Archeological DistrictPriceDistrict1978
Great Hunt Panel Site, ThePriceSite2018
Harmon, Oliver John, HousePriceBuilding1992
Hellenic Orthodox Church of the AssumptionPriceBuilding1973
Helper Historic District (Additional Documentation)HelperDistrict1979
Helper Historic District (Boundary Increase)HelperDistrict2022
Loofbourow, James W. and Mary K., HousePriceBuilding1986
Manina, Camillo, HouseSpring GlennBuilding1999
Millarich, Martin, HallSpring GlenBuilding1980
Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic ChurchPriceBuilding1978
Parker and Weeter BlockPriceBuilding1982
Patti's PlacePrice2014
Price Main StreetPriceDistrict2008
Price Municipal BuildingPriceBuilding1978
Price Tavern/Braffet BlockPriceBuilding1978
Star TheatrePriceBuilding1982
Toovuhsuhvooch Archaeological DistrictWellingtonDistrict2025
Topolovec FarmsteadSpring GlenBuilding1982
US Post Office-Helper MainHelperBuilding1989
US Post Office-Price MainPriceBuilding1989
Verde HomesteadHelperBuilding2007

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Carbon was formed in 1894 (1894-03-08) from Emery.

CARBON created by Utah Territory from EMERY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Carbon County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

25k15k5,00419001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
5,00415,48918,45924,90121,13522,17920,42220,412

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

19 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 19 of 19 listed
NameLatLon
Carbonville Cemetery39.63329-110.84432
Castle Gate Cemetery39.73246-110.85098
Central Cemetery / Slovenian Cemetery39.65162-110.86098
Cliffview Cemetery39.61263-110.78242
East Carbon Cemetery39.54876-110.40368
Gorley Cemetery39.64011-110.8617
Grames - Powell Cemetery39.6003-110.81923
Haycock Cemetery39.65184-110.83934
Hiawatha Cemetery39.48625-111.01125
Kiz Cemetery39.60481-110.55479
Meade Cemetery39.59181-110.79189
Mountain View Cemetery39.68746-110.84459
Price City Cemetery39.6094-110.79987
Scofield Cemetery39.72579-111.15683
Spring Glen Cemetery39.66885-110.85598
Sunnyside Power Plant Cemetery39.54611-110.38949
Valley View Cemetery39.54959-110.40162
Wellington City Cemetery39.54913-110.74042
Whitmore Cemetery39.60058-110.81942
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Castle Gate39.72774-110.86738
Columbia39.51691-110.38265
Dragerton39.54247-110.42127
Winter Quarters39.72052-111.18767

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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