Coalville (Utah)

Summit County

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Coalville is a city and county seat of Summit County in the U.S. state of Utah.

Geography

The site covers an area of 8.4 km ² (3.3 mi ²), of which 1 sq. km of water.

History

Coalville was founded in 1859 by William Henderson Smith. It was formerly called Calk Creek. Coalville is a place with rich settler past. How many cities and towns, the country was first settled by the Mormons. William H. Smith crossed the area with goods and seed. He lost some of wheat from the car. When he saw on the way back that the wheat was grown very well without help, he decided that it is a good place to settle down. He convinced four families, to go with him in the spring of 1859 Calk Creek to move to. 1860 lived in Calk Creek already 15 families.

Demography

On 1 July 2004 lived in Coalville 1,423 inhabitants.

Age structure

• The average age is 28 years.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Anthony Geary, actor
• James W. Robinson, politician, Attorney General of Utah
• Esther Hicks, medium, author

Reserves

By Coalville leads the Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park, a 45- km hiking trail on the embankment of a former narrow- gauge railway from Park City (Utah ) over Wanship to Echo Reservoir.

• Location in Utah
• Location in North America
• Summit County (Utah )
• County Seat in Utah