Heiner, Carbon County, Utah Genealogy

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

Quick History
Heiner is a class 2 mining ghost town, in Carbon County. A tiny coal camp founded in 1911 was originally called Panther as it is at the mouth of Panther Canyon. It was also known as Carbon, the finally named after Moroni Heiner, the Vice-president of the U.S. Fuel Company. The town consisted of about 100 people of several different nationalities. The town grew to five to six hundred people by 1923. The town faded in 1950 when coal prices dropped.

Location

 * Coordinates: Latitude. 39.70806°, Longitude. -110.86556°

Maps

 * 1895 Map of Carbon County

Neighboring Communities
Martin | Helper | Peerless | Royal | Storrs | Spring Glen | Kenilworth | Standardville | Latuda | Wildcat

Time Line

 * 1911: Coal camp started
 * 1917: Heiner gets a post office
 * 1923: Town reaches peek population
 * 1950: Population declines as demand for coal drops.

Biographies

 * Memorial to those who lost their lives in coal mines in Utah in the 19th & 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
 * Carbon County Newspaper Articles

Societies, Museums and Libraries
294 South Main Helper, Utah 84526 Phone: (435) 472-3009
 * The Western Mining and Railroad Museum

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

 * Panther Mine
 * List of Mines in Carbon County
 * Silver Mining in the Beehive State
 * Utah Ghost Towns
 * Utah Mining