Black Rock, Utah | |
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Location of Black Rock within the State of Utah | |
Coordinates: 38°42′30″N 112°57′30″W / 38.70833°N 112.95833°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Utah |
County | Millard |
Founded | 1876 |
Abandoned | 1959 |
Elevation | 4,856 ft (1,480 m) |
GNIS feature ID | 1425709[1] |
Black Rock is an unincorporated community and near-ghost town in the Beaver Bottoms in southern Millard County, Utah, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Milford.[1][2]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1900 | 61 | — | |
1910 | 52 | −14.8% | |
1920 | 41 | −21.2% | |
1930 | 72 | 75.6% | |
1940 | 46 | −36.1% | |
1950 | 19 | −58.7% | |
Source: US Census Bureau[3] |
The town was a station stop on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (later Union Pacific Railroad), and was a community center for the few settlers in the area during the late nineteenth century. As area roads and vehicular travel improved beginning in the twentieth century, its relative importance waned. A post office operated at Black Rock from 1891 to 1959.[4] The site is now a ghost town although there is at least one occupied home in or near the town.
The town was named for a nearby rock formation.[5]