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Price, Utah
Price is a city in the U.S. state of Utah and the county seat of Carbon County. The city is home to Utah State University Eastern, as well as the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum. Price is located within short distances of both Nine Mile Canyon and the Manti-La Sal National Forest.
The population was 8,216 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Carbon County.
Modern settlement began in the mid and late 1800s with the arrival of Latter-day Saints in the region. In 1877, fur trappers built a cabin in what is now Price and a small number of families soon followed and began farming.
The area experienced major population growth, from hundreds of residents to several thousand, following the 1883 completion of a railroad by the Denver and Rio Grande to service coal mines. With the development of coal mining as a key industry in the region, the Price area became one of the most culturally diverse areas in Utah as people from a wide range of nationalities came to work in the mines. A substantial irrigation canal was completed in 1888, allowing for large-scale farming. Members of the U.S. Army 9th Cavalry Regiment completed the construction of a road and telegraph lines through nearby Ninemile Canyon in 1886, linking Price and the surrounding region to the Uintah Basin and Fort Duchesne.
The city was formally incorporated July 14, 1892 (originally as part of Emery County) and is named after the Price River, itself named after early settler William Price. The College of Eastern Utah was established in Price in 1937, later renamed Utah State University Eastern.
Price is located in west-central Carbon County at the northwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13.1 km2), all land. The Price River, a tributary of the Green River, flows southeasterly through the city, and the San Rafael Swell is to the south.
The city is on U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 191. US 6 leads 67 miles (108 km) northwest to Spanish Fork on the Interstate 15 corridor, while US 191 leads northeast 54 miles (87 km) to Duchesne. The two highways together run southeast 64 miles (103 km) to the city of Green River and Interstate 70. Utah State Route 10 leads southwest from Price 21 miles (34 km) to Huntington.
Price was one of the communities that was served by the Rio Grande Zephyr passenger train. Today Amtrak's California Zephyr passes once a day each direction with a station about seven miles away in Helper.[citation needed]
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Price, Utah
Price is a city in the U.S. state of Utah and the county seat of Carbon County. The city is home to Utah State University Eastern, as well as the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum. Price is located within short distances of both Nine Mile Canyon and the Manti-La Sal National Forest.
The population was 8,216 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Carbon County.
Modern settlement began in the mid and late 1800s with the arrival of Latter-day Saints in the region. In 1877, fur trappers built a cabin in what is now Price and a small number of families soon followed and began farming.
The area experienced major population growth, from hundreds of residents to several thousand, following the 1883 completion of a railroad by the Denver and Rio Grande to service coal mines. With the development of coal mining as a key industry in the region, the Price area became one of the most culturally diverse areas in Utah as people from a wide range of nationalities came to work in the mines. A substantial irrigation canal was completed in 1888, allowing for large-scale farming. Members of the U.S. Army 9th Cavalry Regiment completed the construction of a road and telegraph lines through nearby Ninemile Canyon in 1886, linking Price and the surrounding region to the Uintah Basin and Fort Duchesne.
The city was formally incorporated July 14, 1892 (originally as part of Emery County) and is named after the Price River, itself named after early settler William Price. The College of Eastern Utah was established in Price in 1937, later renamed Utah State University Eastern.
Price is located in west-central Carbon County at the northwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13.1 km2), all land. The Price River, a tributary of the Green River, flows southeasterly through the city, and the San Rafael Swell is to the south.
The city is on U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 191. US 6 leads 67 miles (108 km) northwest to Spanish Fork on the Interstate 15 corridor, while US 191 leads northeast 54 miles (87 km) to Duchesne. The two highways together run southeast 64 miles (103 km) to the city of Green River and Interstate 70. Utah State Route 10 leads southwest from Price 21 miles (34 km) to Huntington.
Price was one of the communities that was served by the Rio Grande Zephyr passenger train. Today Amtrak's California Zephyr passes once a day each direction with a station about seven miles away in Helper.[citation needed]
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