Latuda, Carbon County, Utah Genealogy

Guide to Latuda, Carbon County ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Quick History
Latuda is a class 4 mining ghost town, in Carbon County. A coal developer, Frank Latuda started the Liberty Fuel Company on the canyon wall in 1914. 1918 welcomed 20 homes around the mine and the town was called Liberty. By the request from the Post Office the towns name was changed to Latuda. The town grew modestly until 1954 when the mine closed down most of its operations. The town was completely abandoned by 1967.

Location

 * Coordinates: 39.70392N 110.94504W

Maps

 * 1895 Map of Carbon County

Time Line

 * 1914: Mine developed
 * 1918: Town is settled
 * 1954: Mine operations are mostly closed
 * 1967: Town is completely closed

Biographies

 * Memorial to those who lost their lives in coal mines in Utah in the 19th &amp; 20th centuries Lists name, date of accident, and mine.

Cemeteries
Check cemeteries in neighboring communities.


 * Carbon County Gravestone Photo Project
 * Carbon County Cemeteries Findagrave.com

Historical Newspapers

 * Carbon County News 1908 - 1915
 * Eastern Utah Advocate 1891 - 1916
 * News Advocate 1915 - 1932
 * Helper Times 1911 - 1931
 * Helper Journal 1932 - 1967
 * Carbon County Newspaper Articles

Societies, Museums and Libraries

 * The Western Mining and Railroad Museum

294 South Main Helper, Utah 84526 Phone: (435) 472-3009

Marriages

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.

Death

 * Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county. Images of actual death certificates.
 * Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Historical Records. Utah requires a death certificate before a burial is completed.  A death certificate may contain information as to the name of the deceased, date of death, and place of death, as well as the age, birthdate, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence.  For information on death prior to 1904 you can search the Utah State Burial Index.

Suggested Reading

 * Connecting the West : historic railroad stops and stage stations of Elko County, Nevada 
 * The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns.
 * Some Dreams Die: Utah's Ghost Towns and Lost Treasures
 * Pioneers of Carbon County

Websites

 * Latuda Photos
 * List of Mines in Carbon County
 * Silver Mining in the Beehive State
 * Utah Ghost Towns
 * Utah Mining
 * Utah Coal Mining