Black Rock, Millard County, Utah facts for kids
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Black Rock, Utah
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 Black Rock, Utah
Location in Utah
Black Rock, Utah
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Millard |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Abandoned | 1959 |
| Elevation | 4,856 ft (1,480 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1425709 |
Black Rock is an unincorporated community and near-ghost town in the Beaver Bottoms in southern Millard County, Utah, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Milford.
Description
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 61 | — | |
| 1910 | 52 | −14.8% | |
| 1920 | 41 | −21.2% | |
| 1930 | 72 | 75.6% | |
| 1940 | 46 | −36.1% | |
| 1950 | 19 | −58.7% | |
| Source: US Census Bureau | |||
The town was a station stop on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (later Union Pacific Railroad), and was a community center for the few settlers in the area during the late nineteenth century. As area roads and vehicular travel improved beginning in the twentieth century, its relative importance waned. A post office operated at Black Rock from 1891 to 1959. The site is now a ghost town although there is at least one occupied home in or near the town.
The town was named for a nearby rock formation.
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