unincorporated community
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Utah
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, United States.
History
Lofgreen was settled in 1898, named for its first settler and inhabitant, Herman Lofgren. Lofgreen was settled alongside the
Union Pacific Railroad
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track heading south from Lake Point. Early residents built a small schoolhouse. Many residents worked as section hands for the railroad. The discovery of
creosote
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Some creosote types w ...
led Lofgreen's population to plummet, as the new discovery greatly reduced the demand for section hands.
In July 2020, Lofgreen was the site of the murder of a horse, part of a larger statewide trend of livestock shootings.
Geography
Lofgreen is located above sea level. The town lies within the
Mountain Time Zone
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and uses the (435)
area code
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Faust
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Eureka
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* Eureka (word), a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes
* Eureka effect, the sudden, unexpected realization of the solution to a problem
Eureka or Ureka may also refer to:
History
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,
Mammoth
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