Coal City, Carbon County, Utah Genealogy

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

Quick History
Castle Gate is a class 4 mining ghost town, in Carbon County. First settled in 1885 as a agricultural community and known as Oak Springs Bench then later as Cedar Mesa Ranch. Finding the area unsuitable for farming or ranching, coal was discovered and the town became Coal City.

Location

 * Coordinates: 39°40′00″N 111°00′59″W

Maps

 * 1895 Map of Carbon County

Neighboring Communities
Clear Creek | Standardville

Time Line

 * 1885: First Settled
 * 1921: Rebirth as Great Western
 * 1925: Town begins to disintegrate
 * 1939-1940: Town was uninhabited

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

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 City History
 * City Photos
 * Coal City /Oak Springs Bench
 * List of Mines in Carbon County
 * Silver Mining in the Beehive State
 * Utah Ghost Towns
 * Utah Mining