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Hardup, Utah
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Coordinates: 41°53′44″N113°09′06″W / 41.89556°N 113.15167°W / 41.89556; -113.15167
Country United States
State Utah
County Box Elder
Elevation
5,046 ft (1,538 m)
GNIS feature ID1437582 [1]

Hardup is a ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. [1]

A Utah cartoonist has joked that the settlement "was apparently named by some cowboy without a girlfriend". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hardup
  2. Bagley, Pat (February 9, 2009). "Living History: Marys Nipple? Shag Hollow? Utah Has Earthy Place Names". Salt Lake Tribune.