Carbon County is a

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in the

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. As of the

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, the population was 21,403. Its

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and largest city is

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. The Price, UT Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Carbon County.

History

Carbon County was part of

Emery County Emery County is a county in east-central Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 10,976. Its county seat is Castle Dale, and the largest city is Huntington. History Prehistory Occupation of the San Rafael ...

, founded in 1880. The demographics along the

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changed with the construction of the

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in 1883 and the development of coal mines, largely in upper Emery, to fuel the railroad. The

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Legislature was petitioned to split off the north part, and thus it established Carbon County effective March 8, 1894. It was named for the element

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, to emphasize the industrial nature of the area. Carbon County is the second-largest

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producer in Utah (after Uintah County), with 94 billion

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produced in 2008.

Geography

The

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flows south-southeastward along the county's eastern border. The lower central part of Carbon County is a continuation of Castle Valley in

, but in Carbon, the valley is ringed with mountains - the

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to the west and northwest, and the

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to the north and northeast.''Carbon County UT'' Google Maps (accessed 30 March 2019)
/ref> The county generally slopes to the south and east; its highest point is Monument Peak on the crest of the Wasatch Mountains near the midpoint of the county's western border, at 10,452' (3186m) ASL. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.4%) is water.

Airports

Carbon County Regional Airport Carbon County Regional Airport , is a publicly owned airport 3 miles east of downtown Price, in Carbon County, Utah. Cargo destination See also * List of airports in Utah This is a list of airports in Utah (a U.S. state), grouped by type an ...

(PUC) - Price

Major highways

* U.S. Routes 6/ 191 *

Utah State Route 10 State Route 10 (SR-10) is a State Highway in the U.S. state of Utah. The highway follows a long valley in Eastern Utah between the Wasatch Plateau on the west and the San Rafael Swell on the east. The highway serves the primary and most active co ...

Utah State Route 96 State Route 96 (SR-96) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting SR-264 and the town of Scofield to US-6 in a span of . The route is known as the Eccles Canyon Scenic Byway, part of The Energy Loop, a National Scenic Byway. Rout ...

Utah State Route 122 State Route 122 (SR-122) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting the ghost town of Hiawatha with SR-10. Route description SR-122 begins at the east right-of-way line of the Utah Railway, opposite the coal mine and ghost town of ...

Utah State Route 123 Utah State Route 123 (SR-123) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning , it connects the city of East Carbon with US-6 / US-191 in Carbon County. Route description State Route 123 begins at Sunnyside Junction on US-6/US-191, a ...

Utah State Route 124 Utah State Route 124 (SR-124) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning , it connects the cities of Sunnyside and East Carbon in Carbon County with Horse Canyon Mine in Emery County. Route description State Route 124 begins near ...

Utah State Route 139 Utah State Route 139 (SR-139) is a state highway in the state of Utah that connects U.S. Route 6 (US-6) to SR-157 in Carbon County. Route description The route begins at US-6 south of Helper in Spring Glen as Spring Glen Road. Classified as ...

Utah State Route 157 Utah State Route 157 (SR-157) is a state highway in Carbon County in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning just over , it connects Helper and Spring Glen with Kenilworth to the northeast. Route description State Route 157 begins on US-6/ US-191 at ...

Adjacent counties

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- northwest * Duchesne County - north * Uintah County - east *

- south * Sanpete County - west

Protected areas

* Gordon Creek Wildlife Management Area *

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(part) * Price Canyon Recreation Area * Scofield State Park

Lakes

* Grassy Trail Reservoir * Scofield Lake

Demographics

2010 census

As of the

, there were 21,403 people, 7,978 households, and 5,587 families in the county. The

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was 14.48/sqmi (5.59/km²). There were 9,551 housing units, with an average density of 6.46/sqmi (2.50/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 92.31%

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, 0.43%

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, 1.18% Native American, 0.58%

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, 0.01%

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, 3.03% from

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, and 2.36% from two or more races. 12.42% of the population were

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of any race. There were 7,978 households, of which 30.16% had children under 18. 54.50% were

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living together, 10.65% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.97% were non-families. 25.50% of all households were made up of individuals (one person), and 11.07% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61, and the average family size was 3.14. The population contained 30.41% under the age of 20, 6.82% aged 20 to 24, 23.73% aged 25 to 44, 25.48% aged 45 to 64, and 13.56% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.4. For every 100 females, there were 98.40 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 96.88 males.

2015

As of 2015 the largest self-reported ancestry groups in Carbon County, Utah are:

Politics and government

Carbon County historically has been the base of Democratic Party support in strongly Republican Utah with its sizable

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population. It voted for

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in 1992 and 1996 by wide margins. In 1964

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carried 72.7% of votes in the county. At the state level, it was no less Democratic; in the 1992 gubernatorial election, it was one of two counties (the other being Summit County) that voted for Democratic candidate Stewart Hanson over Republican Michael Leavitt. After the turn of the millennium, however, Carbon County has trended Republican. It voted for

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in 2000 and 2004 while voting for the Democratic gubernatorial candidates. In 2008, John McCain won Carbon County with 52.60% of the vote, versus 44.59% for Barack Obama. In 2012, the county's Democratic vote fell further as

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carried 67.3% to 30.1% for Obama. In 2016, despite Utah's strong swing against the Republicans due to the presence of conservative independent Evan McMullin, Carbon County was the only county in the state to swing more Republican, as

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won 66% to

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's 21.5% percent. In 2020,

again carried the county with the largest percentage (71.4%) of any Republican to date. Notes:

Communities

Cities

* East Carbon * Helper *

(county seat) *

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Town

* Scofield

Census-designated places

* Carbonville * Clear Creek *

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* Spring Glen * West Wood

Unincorporated community

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Ghost towns

* Castle Gate * Coal City *

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* Latuda * Mutual *

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* Rains *

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* Spring Canyon * Standardville *

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(or Sweet) * Wattis * Winter Quarters

References

External links

*
Carbon County Oral Histories
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