Caineville, Utah

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Caineville, Utah
Unincorporated community
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Abandoned former church/schoolhouse
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Caineville, Utah
Location of Caineville within the State of Utah
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Caineville, Utah
Caineville, Utah (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°19′59″N111°01′08″W / 38.33306°N 111.01889°W / 38.33306; -111.01889
Country United States
State Utah
County Wayne
Settled1882
Founded byElijah Cutler Behunin
Named after John T. Caine
Elevation
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4,600 ft (1,400 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
84775
Area code 435
GNIS feature ID1426269 [1]

Caineville is an unincorporated community in central Wayne County, Utah, United States. [1]

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The community is located east of Capitol Reef National Park and west of Hanksville, along the Fremont River and Utah State Route 24. The settlement was named after John T. Caine [2] and was founded by Elijah Cutler Behunin, whom the LDS Church sent there in 1882 to open the area for settlement. [3]

Swing Arm City is a 2,600-acre off-highway vehicle area near Caineville. [4]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900 131—
1910 38−71.0%
1920 6776.3%
1930 716.0%
1940 68−4.2%
1950 20−70.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau [5]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Caineville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Hunt, Charles B.; Averitt, Paul; Miller, Ralph L. (1953). "Geology and Geography of the Henry Mountains Region, Utah". Professional Paper (228). United States Geological Survey: 21.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. pp. 61–62. ISBN   978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC   797284427 . Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ambrose Martos (February 25, 2020). "Where You Can Motocross Utah's Biggest Natural Jumps and Ridgeline Singletrack". Men's Journal.
  5. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 8, 2006. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
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