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Standardville

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

Standardville 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.

Standardville was established in 1912, in the early 20th century.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Standardville 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 39.7000° N, 110.9340° W.

Key facts

Founded1912
Nearest living townHelper, UT
Distance to it4 miles
Coordinates39.70000, -110.93400

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What's there now

Standardville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Helper, UT (population 2,680), about 4 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

The coal storage unit in Standardville, Utah.
The coal storage unit in Standardville, Utah. · The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Questions

Where is Standardville?

Standardville is in Carbon County, Utah, at 39.7000, -110.9340.

How many ghost towns are in Carbon County?

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

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