Collinston is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
on the northeastern edge of
Box Elder County,
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
, United States.
Description
Mainly an
agricultural
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...
community, the town is located southeast of
Fielding and almost directly west of
Riverside, at coordinates (441.7746496, -112.0949517).
Its elevation is 4,432 feet (1,351 m). It has a
post office
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with the
ZIP code 84306.
Collinston is mentioned as the approximate location where Captain
John C. Frémont
Major general (United States), Major-General John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was a United States Army officer, explorer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first History of the Repub ...
crossed the
Bear River in 1843.
The town was originally known as Hampton or Hampton Ford. It was named for Ben Hampton, who, with William Godbe, operated a toll
ferry
A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus ...
across the Bear River from 1867 to 1868. James Standing later bought the ferry and bridge rights and moved the town to higher ground east. The name was changed to Collinston, after
Utah Northern Railroad conductor Collins Fulmer.
See also
References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Box Elder County, Utah
Unincorporated communities in Utah
Populated places established in 1867
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