National, Carbon County, Utah Genealogy

Quick History
National is a class 4 mining ghost town, in Carbon County.

Coal was discovered in the Gordon Creek Canyon in 1908 but mining didn't begin until the Fred Sweet of National Coal Company purchased the mines in the1920.'s The National Coal Company, together with the Gordon Creek Coal Company, built a railroad line from Helper to the mine. The National Coal Company discontinued mining operations in July 1938. After foreclosure, another owner continued mining, but that was short lived and the town was soon abandoned.

Location

 * Coordinates: 39.68982N 111.05091W

Maps

 * 1895 Map of Carbon County

Time Line

 * 1908: Coal Discovered
 * 1921: Purchased by National Coal Company
 * 1921: The Company Town was built
 * 1938: National Coal Company discontinues operations

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

Church Records

 * LDS
 * Record of members 1930-1938
 * Form E 1930-1937

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

 * Coal Mining Towns of National Consumers and Sweets
 * List of Mines in Carbon County
 * Silver Mining in the Beehive State
 * Utah Ghost Towns
 * Utah Mining
 * Utah Coal Mining