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Spring Canyon

Ghost town · Carbon County, Utah

Castle Gate quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 1:62,500)
Castle Gate quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Spring Canyon is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah. It is one of 20 former communities in Carbon County on the federal names register. No county in Utah has more among the 28 Utah counties with a vanished settlement on record.

Spring Canyon was established in 1912, in the early 20th century.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Spring Canyon as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.7039° N, 110.9200° W.

Key facts

Founded1912
Nearest living townHelper, UT
Distance to it3.4 miles
Coordinates39.70390, -110.92000

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What's there now

Spring Canyon is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Helper, UT (population 2,680), about 3.4 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

A foundation in the ghost town of Spring Canyon, Utah
A foundation in the ghost town of Spring Canyon, Utah · The Utahraptor / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Questions

Where is Spring Canyon?

Spring Canyon is in Carbon County, Utah, at 39.7039, -110.9200.

How many ghost towns are in Carbon County?

Carbon County, Utah has 20 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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