Saline is a ghost town in
Box Elder County
Box Elder County is a county at the northwestern corner of Utah, United States. As of 2018, the estimated population is 54,950. Its county seat and largest city is Brigham City. The county was named for the box elder trees that abound in the co ...
,
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
, United States,
that is located about northeast of
Promontory Point (cape).
Description
The site is where the
Lucin Cutoff intersects the west coast of the peninsula formed where the
Promontory Mountains
The Promontory Mountains are a range in Box Elder County, Utah. The range is oriented north–south and has a length of about . The southern portion forms a cape extending south into the Great Salt Lake. The First transcontinental railroad was co ...
project into the northern
Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, particula ...
. The cutoff continues east to
Promontory Point, where it leaves the peninsula.
The community was named for the nearby salt works.
While initially an important location along the Lucin Cutoff, as rail service has improved, the town's significance decreased over the century following the construction of the rail line.
See also
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List of ghost towns in Utah
References
Ghost towns in Utah
Populated places in Box Elder County, Utah
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